The “River of Grass,” the remarkable one-of-a-kind swampy wilderness next door to Naples, is getting some tender loving care. It’s very welcome and it’s coming none too soon. by Dave Trecker Certainly, if anything in South Florida is worth preserving, it’s the Everglades. The stark landscape is unique—beautiful, mysterious, wild. Both tropical and temperate plants […]
In the light of day after the storm, a friend of mine wrote, “In all things, give thanks.” This heartfelt message resonates, especially now in the month of Thanksgiving. As this issue went to press, it was just after Hurricane Ian passed through Naples and Southwest Florida. The storm charted a path of widespread flooding, […]
The Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center presents its annual winter fundraising event, The Luncheon, on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 11:30am-2:00pm, at an exclusive private club in Naples. The program will include a special appearance by actor/author Tom Dugan, who will perform excerpts of his award-winning one-man play, Wiesenthal, […]
November—the official beginning of Season in Southwest Florida—and beginning of the gearing up for the arts organizations for their 2022-23 schedules. Also, all of the fast food places, and coffee shops started early—in September with their pumpkin spice varieties of coffee and sweets. So by now you may have had your fill of pumpkin spice—just […]
Fox & Friends Weekend News Anchor, Army National Guard Veteran, and former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, Pete Hegseth, will present his inspirational story during a luncheon to support the Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL). Mr. Hegseth’s talk will take place at the PASWFL’s signature fundraising event — “A Step Forward: Overcoming Obstacles”—on […]
Fighting dengue fever in Collier County by Patrick Linn, MS, MSHAPI Executive Director, Collier Mosquito Control District A few months ago, a Collier County resident contracted dengue fever through the bite of a local mosquito. When the Florida Department of Health notified us here at Collier Mosquito Control District of the illness, we immediately implemented […]
Hardly anyone would be surprised today with a thesis that living a sedentary life is very bad for your health. And yet, in the contemporary post-Covid world with many people working from home, sitting is now a risk factor for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Insulin Resistance and mortality in general. In fact, physical inactivity is […]
INSIGHTS FROM TOM MORAN AIF® Chairman, CEO and CIO, Moran Wealth Management® A certain degree of unpredictability can be expected in financial markets. This is traditionally measured through volatility which tracks how much the overall market fluctuates up and down. While not all aspects of volatility are negative, it can feel distressing in the moment. […]
Here we are in November, hopefully getting past the extremes of the disastrous hurricane, Ian, and heading into the holidays with temperatures cooling. Everything in Naples is coming back including the numbers of people and the activities happening daily. There are a variety of art activities going on in the many galleries, museums, organizations, districts […]
Throughout history, real or imagined, horses have enjoyed a special place —some had wings, eight legs and seven heads. They have been lionized as war heroes and rewarded with niches in mythology for pulling the sun across the sky. Pegasus earned a constellation for serving Zeus. Now they provide something more down to earth—soothing, character-building […]