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Recent deed transactions from the Collier County Clerk of Courts office.

Naples is being hammered by significantly fewer building permits than expected and will be forced to lay off an undetermined number of its building department staff.

A new committee will probe how taxes collected from tourists in Collier County are spent. At a Tourist Development Council meeting last week, members voted unanimously to create a subcommittee that will analyze how the money is split up and how it’s used. The group will look at how the dollars might be better spent.

Bargain Box celebrates 25th birthday in May
The Bargain Box, the longest continuingly operating Thrift store in Naples, will be celebrating its 25th birthday in May. Currently located in the pink building at the corner of 8th Street South and 3rd Avenue South, the store is gaining a reputation for raising the bar for all local thrift operations and is also known as, “The Thrift off Fifth.”

Editor’s note: In an effort to shed more light on the struggling economy and the difficult task of finding work, the Daily News will be running a series of first-person accounts of everyday people trying to find employment. The Daily News will also be offering tips for finding jobs from some of the area’s job search experts.