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Weekend Digest Miss something this week?
Here were some of our big stories this week in a short list for you to read
on the go or at the beach.
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Caption: Golden Gate farmers market closes,
then reopens
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Caption: Collier Commissioner Tom Henning, who came under fire early this month from the Hispanic community when he called the Golden Gate farmers market’s vendors “these gypsies,” introduced a ban on the market Tuesday at the tail end of the board’s regular meeting. Despite the commissioners not publicizing the fact the ban would be discussed at the meeting and not inviting vendors, patrons or operators of the market to speak, the ban was approved 3-2.
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Caption: By Thursday, however, the county attorney told commissioners they must abide by the terms of a contract with the market vendors and could not ban the market. A protest is still scheduled for Saturday as commissioners are set to discuss the future of open-air markets on Feb. 10. Subscribers can click here to read more: http://bit.ly/1LmYsrD
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Caption: FGCU's Kaneisha Atwater stars on the court and as a young mother
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Caption: Kaneisha Atwater scored more than half of her team’s points Saturday in a key conference victory, but her biggest smiles came off the court when a young boy ran to his mother’s arms. Atwater bent down and scooped up her smiling son, Andarious. Later, in the postgame press conference, the shy 3-year-old fidgeted on mom’s lap while Atwater beamed with pride. Subscribers can read more here: http://bit.ly/1zdIFFch
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Caption: Collier County sets tourism records
in 2014
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Caption: Collier County saw more tourists than ever in 2014. Not only were there are record number of visitors last year, but they spent a record amount.
More than 1.77 million visitors stayed in hotels or other vacation rentals, a 6.3 percent increase over the year before. Meanwhile, the total economic boon from tourists reached more than $1.8 billion in 2014, growing 12.4 percent.
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http://bit.ly/1JwciWF
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Caption: SWFL's "Breaking Bad" suspect tries to get evidence thrown out
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Caption: Readers will remember Ryan Carroll, the San Carlos Park man who won a contest in 2013 to meet the cast of the television drug opus “Breaking Bad,” only to be arrested on charges of running a million-dollar synthetic marijuana ring. This week Carroll’s lawyers filed a motion to dismiss all the evidence seized from his house (seen above), saying a detective misled a judge while requesting a warrant. On Friday a judge rejected that motion, and his trial is still set for Monday. Subscribers can read more here: http://bit.ly/1EvoG9e
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