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Jimenez to take on Hudson for Florida House seat
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
The following is the first in a series of stories on the local and state candidates in the Nov. 4 general election. Full story »
Park is no picnic
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
It’s been slated for landfill expansion, a county barn, ATV trails, and a 36-hole public golf course; now the 340-acre site north of the Naples Landfill has a new mission – solid waste park. Full story »
Local recalls terror of 9/11 attacks
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
As the Indianhead nuclear power plant came into view, the entire train went silent – deadly silent. Steve Rowe stared pensively at its stark profile. Full story »
Public is invited to 9/11 tributes
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
Sept. 11, 2008 will mark the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and Flight 93 in Pennsylvania. Full story »
Painted buntings return to Sanctuary
Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
The Swamp is alive with the sound of music, following the return of painted buntings to Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary from their summer breeding grounds. Full story »
Tom Hornyak makes once-in-a-lifetime bike ride
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
Tom Hornyak’s three-month vacation of a lifetime stretched from Naples to San Francisco at a cost of $700. The 3,700-mile no-frills bike trip included one tent, four flats, two wipe-outs, eight states, 14 couches and hundreds of close encounters with nearly every aspect of human and wildlife along the way. Full story »
The early days at the Olde Naples Hotel
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
Picture a beautiful sandy beach, white and wide, with spindly pine trees dotting the shore and spiky scrub palmettos just beyond. In a straight line from the 600-foot T-shaped pier offshore, on slightly elevated land, there is a small, three-story building, with a porch across the front and a cupola on top. This was Naples in 1890, and that structure was the Naples Hotel. Full story »
Down Yonder: Where the winds blow ...
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
So, here we are: Labor Day and life is beginning to return to normal after the long, hot summer break. “Normal” is such an ill-defined place. As Floridians, we can never forget that “normal” can be radically and sometimes forever changed by one bad day when a hurricane might blow through. Full story »
Words of Wisdom: A journey of the imagination
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
Poetry is a journey of the imagination that we experience in words. It is the creative expression of imagery in verse and imagery is what gives poetry its soul. The pen of the poet shapes imaginative language into a vivid picture, which creates powerful energy and thus appeals to the reader’s senses. Full story »
The Bookworm: Believe in love and move up in life
Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008
You drive into a town that you’ve never visited before and suddenly, without a smidge of doubt, you know there’s a diner around a certain corner. You walk in, squeeze into a booth, and look at a menu that’s so familiar, you barely need to read it. You’ve been there before, but that’s impossible. Déjà vu or — if you cotton to that sort of thing — a past life? Full story »
Solid Waste Park? Information meeting set in Collier
Thursday, Aug. 28, 2008
A "solid waste park" is being planned for 341 acres of land owned by Collier County near the current landfill. Full story »
Cops target Collier’s Dirty 30
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Collier County sheriff’s deputies are tracking down the Dirty 30 and they need the community’s help. Full story »
Alley lease proposal rolls forward
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Florida Department of Transportation officials met, Aug. 25, to whittle the list down the list of potential bidders to run Alligator Alley for 50-75 years. Full story »
Semester off equals 3,700-mile adventure
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
Tom Hornyak’s three-month vacation of a lifetime stretched from Naples to San Francisco, at a cost of $700. Full story »
Military families comfort each other
Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2008
For the family and friends of American troops deployed to hotspots around the world, the void created by their loved one’s absence can be hard to fill. Full story »
- Organize Your Block for Obama - Lehigh Acres -- 09/06/08 at LA Cafe and Coffee House
- Naples Roller Hockey League Fall Registration -- 09/06/08 at Veterans Community Park - North Naples
- Dog (and Cat) Days of Summer Animal Awareness Day -- 09/06/08 at Frieda B. Smith Special Populations Center, 400 Santa Barbara Blvd., Cape Coral
- FREE ADMISSION at Naples Zoo -- 09/06/08 at Naples Zoo at Caribbean Gardens
- Naples Craft Festival -- 09/06/08 at Fifth Avenue South
- Optimist Middle School Volleyball League Registration & Tryouts -- 09/06/08 at Barron Collier High School
