Coastal Breeze News

The Greater Marco Family YMCA regretfully announces the postponement of the Sports Celebrity Speaker Series event scheduled for Wednesday, August 31, 2011. Major League Baseball great Luis Tiant was the scheduled speaker and was forced to cancel due to Hurricane Irene and its impact along the east coast of the US. This event will be rescheduled for the first week of December 2011. Tickets already purchased for the event will also be honored at the rescheduled time and day. The first of four events in this series will be held in November 2011 and will feature sports celebrities from the ... Read More »

CANCELLED. Commissioners/Board Members, please be advised that due to taxiway construction soil mixing activities within 200ft. of the runway for the tie-in of taxiway connectors, scheduled for next week, we will be issuing a runway closure NOTAM for the following time period: Effective:  0700 Local – Tuesday 09/06/11 Ending:  1900 Local – Thursday 09/08/11 During this time period, the runway will be closed to all aircraft operations and will not re-open until the associated construction activities are completed within the 200ft. zone.  All of our customers and tenants located at Marco Island Executive Airport may relocate aircraft to Everglades Airpark ... Read More »

Marco Island Utilities (MIU) will be temporarily changing the disinfection process for the potable (drinking) water supply. From September 1 through September 30, 2011, MIU will disinfect the water with free chlorine rather than combined chlorine/ammonia (chloramines). This conversion to chlorine (a stronger disinfectant) from chloramines allows MIU to perform an annual water distribution system purge as recommended by the Department of Environmental Protection for water utilities using chloramines as their primary disinfectant. The process will start at 9:00 AM on September 1, 2011. This temporary change in disinfectant does not cause adverse health effects. However, during this period customers ... Read More »