Now You Know: Arist Paul Arsenault highlights ‘Holiday Hootenanny’
Southwest Florida artist Paul Arsenault receives top billing for the “Holiday Hootenanny” from 2 until 6 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5 at the Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center’s nature store, 300 Tower Road, Naples. From 2 until 4 p.m., Arsenault will sell and sign the recently published book,...
Doc Ford’s Beach Team Volunteer Again
Lakes Park is all aglow in the holiday spirit, courtesy of volunteers from Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille on Fort Myers Beach. The team helped transform the park’s miniature train ride into the Holiday Express, creating a mile-long winter wonderland of twinkling lights and holiday decorations. “This...
Thriller titans headline library luncheons
Lawyers and spies are common subjects for thrillers, but Scott Turow and David McCloskey are two novelists who take their thrillers to a higher level, by showing their flawed characters’ struggles for humanity and survival. The best-selling authors each will headline a luncheon this winter for the Friends of...
Kids’ fitness program at SWFL gym teaches much more than exercise
On Monday and Wednesday afternoons, boys and girls trickle into a bare-bones gym that sits between Old 41 and U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs. They're dressed in exercise clothes, and are ready to get started on their warmups. Thirty-found kids are enrolled in the program, known as Wilson's Fit Futures....
NCH Rooney Heart Institute First in Florida to use Next-Generation Catheter for Treating Coronary...
November 25, 2025 – NCH Rooney Heart Institute recently became the first in Florida to utilize the new Shockwave C2 AERO™ coronary catheter to treat patients with calcified coronary artery disease, marking another major milestone for NCH, the Cath Lab team, and Southwest Florida. Since the Shockwave Intravascular...
3 To Know: DUI manslaughter charge; Thanksgiving closings; gas prices
1. DUI MANSLAUGHTER: Naples man charged for death of 61-year-old A Naples man has been arrested for the death of a 61-year-old motorcyclist. In a fatal T-bone car crash, a Naples man riding his motorcycle sustained fatal injuries after Mark Allen Frederick, 33, made a turn into the motorcyclist’s path.
Publix Opens New Naples Location, Strengthening One of Collier County’s Fastest-Growing Retail Corridors
NAPLES, Fla. — Publix has opened its newest store in Naples, delivering a modernized shopping experience and a major retail anchor to one of Collier County’s most rapidly expanding suburban corridors. Located at 1715 Oil Well Road within The Shoppes at Orange Blossom, the new supermarket directly serves the booming...
Midland, Michigan topples Naples, Florida to be named ‘Best Place to Retire.’ How to...
Retirees are warming up to a city in a colder climate.
Florida Braces For Rising Insurance Costs As Climate Disasters Reshape Communities
Florida families face rising insurance costs as climate disasters reshape coastal life and push long time residents out. The post Florida Braces For Rising Insurance Costs As Climate Disasters Reshape Communities appeared first on One Green Planet.
Bonita Springs man arrested for death of pedestrian in hit, run crash
A Bonita Springs man has been arrested for the hit-and-run death of a pedestrian. Greg Figueroa, 42, was arrested on Tuesday, Nov. 25, after the Florida Highway Patrol spent nearly two weeks investigating the fatal crash, according to a press release. On Nov. 12, shortly after midnight, an adult pedestrian was hit by...

















