 The Ave Maria Gyrenes led Robert Morris University until the final minutes but lost 12-7 in a battle of two new NAIA franchises looking for their first win of the season. Robert Morris quarterback Matt Westerkamp (left) threw a winning 40-yard TD pass with 1:07 in the game. (photo Robert Morris University)
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 Former Ave Maria University President Nick Healy has spent a relaxing summer on his farm in New Hampshire. But retired? Probably not. He shared his thoughts about more than two decades in Catholic education with The Ave Herald. Above, Mr. Healy and his wife, Jane, on the deck of their farmhouse in southern New Hampshire.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks capped a day of Ave Maria football on a winning note, rolling over Island Christian of Islamorada 54-26 in a six-man football contest Saturday night at North Park. (photo-Luis Cunningham)
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Barron Collier has completed the transfer of ownership of 21 acres of land off Oil Well Rd. in Ave Maria for Arthrex to build a manufacturing plant that is expected to employ 150 people. Arthrex Vice President Scott Price told the Naples Daily News that he hopes construction can begin at the end of this year or early 2012. Above, an artist's rendering of the plant.
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Ave Maria University has announced that Dr. Louis Traina has been appointed the school's new Vice President of Institutional Advancement, responsible for the university's fund-raising efforts. He held a similar position at Hodges University for more than a decade.
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Non-stop football activities begin before noon Saturday. The Ave Maria University Gyrenes play their first home game -- the first college football game ever in Southwest Florida -- at noon at Palmetto Ridge High School on Oil Well Rd. Then there's "Football Frenzy" from 3-6 p.m in the Ave Maria town center -- tailgating, food, games and activities for kids. Click here for a flyer with details. Then at 7 p.m., the Donahue Academy Shamrocks take on Island Christian of Islamorada in a key six-man football contest at North Park.
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 Author and philosopher Michael Novak will be at The Queen Mary Pub in the Ave Maria town center Sunday, Sept. 18, at 8 p.m. He will read from his just-published book of verse All Nature is a Sacramental Fire.
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Students at the Donahue Academy of Ave Maria have garnered national and state-wide honors recently. Andrew Guernsey was named a National Merit Scholarship semi-finalist, scoring in the top one percent of all test takers, and Mary Traver, who graduated in the spring, won a $5,000 scholarship from the Florida Realtors Association. The school also reports its SAT scores are 350 points above the Collier County average.
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Matt Houde scored three touchdowns -- all in different ways -- but the Donahue Academy Shamrocks lost 47-25 to last year's division champs, Cape Coral Christian School. It was the Shamrocks' first loss of the season.
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Ave Maria University played a strong second half Saturday afternoon but fell 41-19 to Faulkner University in the Gyrenes' first-ever football game.
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 The firm, which is the investment adviser for the Ave Maria Mutual Funds, opened a branch office on the corner of Annunciation Circle and Ave Maria Blvd. The office will be managed by Michael J. Schwartz (right).
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks overpowered Miami Christian 39-2 at North Park for the team's second straight victory. Above, Coach Rich Scanlon poses at the end of the game (photo by Nancy Dauphinais).
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 New majors, a new strategic plan and aggressive recruiting in Florida are some of the key elements of Jim Towey's plans for the coming academic year at Ave Maria University.
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 New regulations for operation of golf carts in Ave Maria are going into effect soon. All carts will have to be licensed, display identification stickers (like the sample at right) and Collier County Sheriff's deputies will enforce infractions.
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The Donahue Academy Shamrocks opened their six-man football season Saturday night with a convincing 35-0 win over Golden Rule Academy in a game at Ft. Pierce. (Above, Shamrocks take the field - photo Nancy Dauphinais)
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Medical-device maker Arthrex announced Friday that it will proceed with its plans to build a 160,000-square-foot manufacturing facility off Oil Well Rd. in Ave Maria. Arthrex also said in a news release that it will embark on a significant expansion initiative in Lee County, purchasing a 240,000-square-foot building to consolidate its warehouse, packaging and distribution operations. The company appears to have abandoned its original plans to expand its North Naples operations, which are in the district of Collier County Commissioner Georgia Hiller, who opposed Collier County incentives for Arthrex. (Above, a drawing of the proposed Ave Maria plant)
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Golf carts driven on Ave Maria's roads and public cart paths will need to display registration stickers within a few weeks, Barron Collier executive Tom Sansbury told the August meeting of the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District Tuesday. The district board also approved the budget for the coming fiscal year that keeps expenses and assessments flat. Left, the sticker that will soon need to be displayed on golf carts.
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A public hearing on the budget for the next fiscal year is the primary topic of discussion at the Ave Maria Stewardship Community District's meeting Tuesday, Aug. 9 at 9 a.m. The budget has no increase in assessments for residents.
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Commissioners unanimously approved a zoning map change in Ave Maria Tuesday that relocates 50 acres of commercially-zoned property near Camp Keais Rd. to the southwest corner of Ave Maria along Oil Well Rd. The change makes appropriately-zoned land available for development of a manufacturing facility by medical device maker Arthrex.
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before a large and enthusiastic crowd at Palmetto Ridge High School in AMU's first home game of its inaugural season. Right, AMU Head Coach Barry Fagan thanks supporters at a post-game party in the Ave Maria town center (photo-Roy Lenardson)
