Free prescription drugs, golf cart rentals and milk are among many goods and services being given away by merchants in the Ave Maria area.
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 The first graduates from the new campus who sat for the Florida bar in July passed at a rate of 64% according to results released Monday. The law school says that its incoming classes continue to get stronger, however, and Ave Maria recently became the first law school in the U.S. to agree to provide detailed post-graduate information to a fledgling group looking to compile better data on law school employment prospects.
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The new sales center (above) and eight model homes are scheduled for completion later this year as part of a $20 million investment by Pulte Homes into the Del Webb community at Ave Maria. (photo-Marilyn Cole)
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Father Robert Tatman, pastor of the Ave Maria quasi parish, will lead a prayer vigil outside Planned Parenthood in Naples Wednesday, marking the start of this year's 40 Days for Life activities.The parish is joining hundreds of other cities around the world in participating in 40 Days for Life. More information, including contact details, are here in the Parish News and Announcements section.
 The Donahue Academy Shamrocks routed an undermanned team from Westwood Christian School of Miami 46-0 in a six-man football contest at North Park Saturday night. The win improves the Shamrocks to 3-1 on the season. Left, Cameron Joyce (photos by Roy Lenardson)
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Charles Kolmann brings a wealth of practical and teaching experience to his role as Ave Maria University's first adjunct professor of drama. Above, Mr. Kolmann with Maureen Bielinski reviewing the script for "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead," the school's first dramatic production this academic year.
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 Wilson Jeudy, mayor of one of the municipalities that make up the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, will be at The Bean Sept. 22 as part of a visit to southwest Florida. Mr. Jeudy will be available to answer questions about the earthquake rebuilding efforts as well as the Haitian elections later this year.
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A Naples resident's proposal for a mail-in referendum on whether Collier County should subsidize the proposed Jackson Lab project died at Tuesday's commissioner's meeting when a motion to take up the question at a future meeting failed to get a second.
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Prep school students from the Donahue Academy were among hundreds who joined Bishop Frank Dewane in Naples Monday morning to protest the 1st anniversary of the date when Planned Parenthood began performing abortions in Naples. (Above, Sr. Theresa Benedicta and Donahue senior Cristina Fox -photo by Marilyn Cole)
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Lightning struck a house on Taylor Drive in the Hampton Village neighborhood of Ave Maria late Saturday afternoon, causing minor damage but no injuries. (Above, broken and missing roof tiles on the Dauphinais family's home show damage from the lightning strike)
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The pub now has NFL Sunday Ticket for out-of-market games, its own fantasy football league, and a special weekend menu geared to football fans. (Above, fans watching a college game Saturday)
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A strong Cape Coral Christian team overpowered the Donahue Academy Shamrocks 35-19 Saturday night in a sixman football game at North Park. The loss drops Donahue to 2-1 on the season while Cape Coral, an experienced team that fielded an 11-man squad last year, improved to 3-0. [full story updated]
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 The Naples Daily News says that a Federal Reserve report cites weak management as a major factor in the $349-million failure earlier this year of Florida Community Bank. The bank had planned to move its headquarters to Ave Maria before it ran into financial problems. (Left, the bank logo as it once appeared on the building opposite Publix in the town center)
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Journalists from a French television news magazine show -- the second French TV crew to visit Ave Maria in the last few weeks -- will be filming in town for the next week. Above, videographer Valerie Lucas (L) and producer Aleen Vene working in the town center.
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 Ave Maria University Literature Professor Joseph Pearce will kick off "Theology on Tap" Thursday, Sept. 9, at 8:30 p.m., with his popular talk on The Catholicism of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy."
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The Naples Daily News reports that Florida Gulf Coast University President William Bradshaw and Jackson Lab COO Chuch Hewett have joined a "leadership council" formed in July to advise on the development of the proposed project. Developers also announced engaging a real estate firm to help identify potential firms that would locate in the "biomedical village."
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Ave Maria University has severed its relationship with the Home of the Mother religious community after learning of what it calls "immoral conduct" by the nun supervising the Women's Discernment program, which helps women determine if they are called to religious life. The four nuns and two priests on campus will be departing later this week, the university said.
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 A growing number of men get together Wednesday mornings in Ave Maria to share thoughts on the week's gospel and, as founder Michael Timmis puts it, "spur one another on to love and good deeds." (right, Mr. Timmis with son Mikey, 4, one of his five children).
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The band (above in an earlier performance) offers three programs -- two for students in 7th grade through universtiy and a new beginner's band for 4th and 5th graders. Weekly rehearsals start Sept. 7 at the Donahue Academy. More details are at the band's website here.
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More than a dozen Ave Maria students and residents (including AMU senior Joe Thomas, left) signed a bus making a national tour to protest high government spending. The bus was in the town center Tuesday afternoon, then went to Naples. 
