The new Tom Monaghan Catholic Leaders Scholarship Fund is approaching $1.5 million in donations in its first year, Ave Maria University President Jim Towey announced at a fundraising dinner attended by more than 400 people Wednesday night. Above, Mr. Monaghan and Mr. Towey at the dinner.
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The Immokalee Fire Control District -- which includes the town of Ave Maria -- won approval by voters Tuesday for a mill rate increase that will partially restore funding to the district, which has had to cut budgets and lay off employees because of lower revenues due to declining property values. The mill rate increase will add $75 in property taxes per $100,000 of assessed value. Two other Collier County fire districts had similar requests rejected at the polls.
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Almostr 300 women (and a few men) came out Wednesday for the fifth annual Spring Style Show and Luncheon, which supports scholarships for Ave Maria University students. (Above, organizer Sydney McManus modeling with her two children, Alexandra and Declan)
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The 2nd Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off in Ave Maria was twice as large this year, selling more than 1,100 steaks to residents and visitors who packed the Ave Maria town center Saturday. A team of Barron Collier employees won the first-place trophy for the best steak in Florida at the event, which raises money for the Donahue Academy.
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Collier County commissioners voted 4-1 Tuesday morning to approve $2.2 million in incentives for Arthrex to expand in Collier County, including building a planned manufacturing facility in Ave Maria.
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Hundreds of people from Ave Maria marked the anniversary of Roe v Wade Monday, some in Washington and some in prayer in the Ave Maria oratory. Above, the Ave Maria Students for Life at the March for Life in Washington, part of a contingent that included students at the Ave Maria School of Law and town residents.
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 Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush will deliver the commencement address for Ave Maria University's class of 2012, AMU President Jim Towey announced Monday.
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Three buses pulled out of Ave Maria Friday evening, carrying 155 AMU students to the March for Life in Washington, D.C. - something that just 18 hours previously was in doubt when the first bus company the students hired reneged after cashing their check for $18,500. "God wanted you to be on these buses," said Father Robert Garrity (above) with a touch of humor as he blessed the students, "not those other buses."
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The Major League Soccer Chicago Fire began two weeks of training in Ave Maria Friday evening, taking the field at the town's North Park. "It's great to be back in Ave Maria," said head coach Frank Klopas.
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The AMU Students for Life organization had to scramblie to find transportation for 155 students to go to Washington, DC, for the March for Life Monday after a charter bus company in Virginia canceled the trip at the last minute, despite having been paid more than $18,000 in advance. The students made alternative arrangements late Thursday.
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More than a dozen runners from Ave Maria University competed in the Naples Daily News Half Marathon Sunday. The best time of the group was turned in by Ave Maria University's head of academic affairs, Michael Dauphinais, who finished 24th in the men's age 35-39 group with a time of 1:39:17.
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Christopher Ringley, who faces charges of attempted murder in a shooting incident last week, will not be back at the Ave Maria School of Law, Dean Eugene Milhizer said Wednesday. The school released a statement from Mr. Milhizer saying, "Mr. Ringley has permanently withdrawn from Ave Maria School of Law and is no longer a student here, and he remains barred from campus. The legal process will continue and the school is committed to cooperating with the authorities. We will also continue to do all we can to support the other students involved in the January 13 event."
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 This year's Sunshine State Steak Cook-Off Jan. 28 will be twice as large as last year's inaugural event, but organizer Tom Smith (right) believes this is only the start of something much bigger. The fundraiser has the potential to become a signature event in Florida, he said.
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 The Chicago Fire return to Ave Maria for two weeks Jan. 20 to start their spring training for the 2012 Major League Soccer season. Practices will be open to the public daily and the team will play an exhibition game against FGCU Wednesday, Feb. 1, at North Park in Ave Maria.
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A third-year law student at the Ave Maria School of Law remains in jail on a $1-million bond after being charged with attempted murder. Police say he shot at his roomate in their Heritage Bay apartment and threatened the life of his ex-girlfriend. All three are students at the law school.
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Representatives of the Immokalee Fire Control District are holding a meeting in Ave Maria Jan. 24 at 6:30 p.m. to provide information and answer questions about a referendum to increase the millage rate by .75 mills to better fund the cash-strapped fire and rescue services. The referendum will be on the same ballot as the U.S. presidential primary Jan. 31.
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Two houses in Ave Maria -- one in the Bellera neighborhood and one in Del Webb -- were burglarized in the last several days and residents are advised to be on the lookout and report suspicious activity to the police.
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Three middle-school students -- Aidan Kelly, Sean Doman and Luciano Marsalli -- will be advancing to the Collier County spelling bee March 1 after they were the top three finishers in their group at the Ave Maria spelling bee held Saturday. The county winner will advance to the Scripps national competition in Washington, D.C. The elementary school champion was Luke Klein. Above, AMU physics professor Patrick Kelly pronounces words for contestants (l-r) Michael Martinez, Mary Claire Klein, Jacob Doman, Rose Kelly, Maria Camila Rodriguez, Jonathan Novecosky, Joaquin Martinez, Luke Klein and Joseph Doman.
Eight contestants will be moving on to compete in the district level of the Knights of Columbus national free throw contest after Ave Maria's first local free-throw competition Saturday. The contest drew competitors from Ave Maria, Immokalee and Golden Gate Estates.
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Ave Maria Development, the partnership that built the town of Ave Maria, has announced that it has purchased the vacant gas station in the town and plans to open it by the end of June.
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