View from above

The skies over Marco Island provide a post card view every day. The Eagle has taken advantage of the island’s beauty by photographing and having the column, View From Above on Mondays. Full story »

Tourists and residents never get over the expansive, deep beech front on Marco Island. Full story »

Perched at the corner of San Marco Road and Bald Eagle Drive is the Marco Island city government complex. The new Marco Island Police Department Building opened in July and formally dedicated in August. Aside from the department, it also contains the island’s emergency operations center, built to remain fully operational during a hurricane or other disaster. Full story »

Phase two of Collier Boulevard construction is still on track to be completed by Dec. 3, said Tim Pinter, senior project manager for Marco Island’s Public Works Department. Full story »

Sanitasole at Barfield is getting closer to offering the area’s first luxury adult day health services. It’s now in the process of an application to the Florida Agency for Healthcare Administration to license the facility. Sanitasole stands for healthy living under the sun. It’s motto is “Caring for and about you.” Full story »

With its ever-changing sands and lagoon, that serve as the super highway for bird migrations, Tigertail Beach is a prime destination for people from around the world. Full story »

The Island Country Club opened in 1966 as Marco's premier amenity for the sale of single family homes and condominiums by the Deltona Corporation. In September 1986, a group of 400 members purchased the club from the Deltona Corporation, creating Marco Island's only private country club. Full story »

The Physician Regional Medical Center-Collier Boulevard opened its 100-bed bed facility Feb. 5. The 200,000-square-foot, three-story facility, also has a medical office building behind the facility. Full story »

As First Baptist Church of Marco Island continues to mount a marvelous future it also has a deep-seeded past. Its first service was led by Pastor Dale Vessel on Sept. 13, 1964, in a small building located where Tommie Barfield Elementary School now stands. Full story »

From the air, Goodland resembles a sleepy fishing village, which it was in the early 1900s. Full story »

The new Marco Island Charter Middle School is somewhat of a monument to the many community believers that nine years ago started a modest school with more than 25 portable classrooms on its campus. Full story »

The Judge S.S. Jolley Bridge, first known as the Marco Pass Bridge, has become a welcome landmark to many tourists who have been wooed to make Marco Island their home. The bridge was constructed in 1969 and officially named Judge S.S. Jolley Bridge for Smead Jolley, a prominent county judge. Full story »

In driving around the Isles of Capri, few notice that there are four islands connected by the in-and-out Capri Boulevard. Leland L. “Doc” Loach envisioned a hideaway fishing resort when he purchased 12 mangrove islands, totaling 600 acres in 1955, developing four. Full story »

The construction of the Crystal Shores timeshare development by Marriott Vacation Club International (MVCI) is proceeding. Full story »

The city of Marco Island is in the middle of a three-year project to improve Collier Boulevard. The work addresses concerns many had that while under Collier County’s control, the roadway was left to crumble with the rest of the island’s infrastructure. Full story »