Ave Maria students, residents and visitors will again have the option of a Vigil Mass on Saturday beginning in September, when a 5 p.m. Mass on Saturday will be added to the liturgical schedule.
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 The Naples Daily News said in an editorial Sunday that it is endorsing Jim Coletta for re-election as county commissioner for District 5, which includes Ave Maria. The newspaper calls Mr. Coletta, who is a long-time supporter of Ave Maria, "a steady hand at the wheel when we need it — through tough times and our delicate economic comeback." The primary election is Aug. 14 but early voting begins July 30.
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The major new four-lane sectons are now fully open for traffic and the only remaining work is to resurface the two-lane section between Everglades Blvd. and Oil Well Grade.
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Florida Fish and Wildlife officials tried unsuccessfully to trap a bear who had been wandering repeatedly through the downtown area of Ave Maria as well as several other neighborhoods. The bear has not been spotted for more than a week, and may have moved on.
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 "This is a dream come true," says Scoopz owner Helen Altomari of what will be her new ice cream shop, located between Milano's Pizzeria and By Way of the Family. Ms. Altomari puts the opening date in late August or early September.
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 William W. Kirk, a former associate vice president of Residence Life at Notre Dame University, has been hired as AMU's new VP for Student Affairs, University President Jim Towey announced Monday. Mr. Kirk replaces Student Affairs head Dan Dentino, who resigned earlier this summer for personal reasons.
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Incumbent District 5 Commissioner Jim Coletta and his Republican primary challenger, Tim Nance, will appear at three candidate forums in the next two weeks -- on July 16, July 19 and July 25. Ave Maria University Economics Professor Joseph Burke will be a panelist at the July 16 forum, moderated by Jeff Lytle of the Naples Daily News, at the University of Florida Extension Office at 14700 Immokalee Rd. near the county fairgrounds.
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 Clayton Burroughs, a 22-year-old junior who was an original member of the Ave Maria University football team, died Friday morning when the car he was driving left the road on Camp Keais Rd. north of town. He is being remembered on campus as a lively, outgoing, popular student. UPDATE: Funeral services will be held at the Marco Presbyterian Church at 875 West Elkcam Circle, Marco Island, Monday at 5 p.m.
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The first wall of what will be a 190,000-square-foot manufacturing facility for medical device maker Arthrex went up Wednesday morning at the site off Oil Well Rd. The building is scheduled for completion in the spring, 2013, and is expected to employ 500 people by 2016.
Victor Ortino, a candidate for Collier County Sheriff, was a guest instructor Saturday at a karate class in Ave Maria. Above, Mr. Ortino, who holds a black belt in karate, is pictured with Luke Wallace, one of about 25 students attending.
Many town residents attended an open house at Shamrock Bank on Saturday from 11-2. The bank, which is scheduled to open for business in Ave Maria on August 13, will go beyond the traditional banking concept, says bank CEO Colleen Kvetkco to function as “a social gathering place.” Above, Mrs. Kvetko with, l-r, director Lou DePrisco, Carlos Figueroa, branch manager John Tenney and director Jim Magnus.
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A black bear who has been overturning garbage cans in the Ave Maria town center has gotten bolder, running through the town center in daylight and becoming more of a nuisance. Florida Fish and Wildlife officials say it will be Monday at the earliest before they can take any action. Above, the bear at the door of the Bean of Ave Maria early Friday morning, in photo taken by owner Daniel Dix.
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Shamrock Bank is holding a "meet and greet" Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. to introduce itself to the Ave Maria community in advance of its planned branch opening in late August. Bank personnel will be on hand, there will be food and music, and people will be able to tour the branch -- the first time the building has been open to the public since it was finished more than four years ago.
About 200 people enjoyed the annual Knights of Columbus 4th of July picnic at the Ave Maria water park.
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The Supreme Court's health care decision Thursday "did not settle the religious liberty questions" and Ave Maria University will continue its lawsuit opposing mandates that religious institutions provide insurance covering services they find morally offensive, university President Jim Towey said in a statement.
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Ave Maria University President Jim Towey's first year was one of more change for the school since it moved to its new campus five years ago. Mr. Towey reflected on that year in an interview with The Ave Herald. Above, Mr. Towey receiving the Chain of Office from Chancellor Tom Monaghan at his official inauguration in October, just one of the significant events in the last academic year.
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Special devotions, homilies and a talk focused on religious freedom will be held from June 21 through July 4th as part of the Fortnight for Freedom effort organized by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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A saga that began almost two years ago regarding a required analysis of the fiscal impact of the Ave Maria development ended Tuesday when Collier County commissioners changed course and voted not to examine the matter any further.
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A town swim team is offering Ave Maria residents aged 6-19 a chance to compete in the Paradise Coast Swim Conference -- composed of teams from smaller communities. Above, swimmers who turned out for the team's first practice.
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