Programming keeps kids moving, exploring and learning all summer long At the end of the summer, families want to hear their child had “the best summer ever.” To help make that happen, Greater Naples YMCA is offering Summer Day camp, keeping kids and teens in Collier County adventurous, active, engaged and healthy all summer long. […]
LEADING EDGE STRATEGIES FOR TREATING INHERITED BLINDING CONDITIONS Creed Pettit, Mathew Pray and Julio Adorno Nieves are among a select group of Bascom Palmer Eye Institute patients benefiting from a remarkable advance in treating incurable blinding conditions. After receiving leading-edge gene therapy for inherited eye disorders, each patient’s vision improved dramatically. “I could see a […]
by Caroline Ridgway “I looked at my watch and realized I had been there for six hours.” On a whim, Naples glass artist Conrad Williams attended a glassblowing demonstrating during his senior year of high school, and was immediately drawn to the alchemy of the artform. So motivated, in fact, that he submitted a proposal […]
Naples is a wonderful place to be and it’s pretty obvious that there are many who agree. This is a month where there are many choices of what to do on any given day to accommodate the numerous visitors and residents. There are a number of art events this month, as usual, but a few […]
ONGOING Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center Hosts Science Saturdays Rookery Bay Environmental Learning Center welcomes the entire family on Science Saturdays, 9 am to 4 pm, through April. Kids and grown-ups alike can explore and discover the plants, fish and wildlife that call Rookery Bay Research Reserve’s 110,000acres home. Science Saturdays is a fun way […]
Like politics – all history is local. With so much of our nation’s history being lost, removed and rewritten, it is important to remember how this “place” became a community. It is also important to understand how your “home”, when wrapped in human memory as told through stories, traditions, and civic commemorations, establishes a […]
If you have been driving or biking around town, you’ve probably noticed several intersection upgrades like this roundabout on Central Avenue. Although there are differences of opinion, modern roundabouts have been deemed a “proven safety countermeasure” by the U.S. Department of Transportation. AARP, the Florida Department of Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration and countless municipalities […]
When I think back about my early years in Naples, one of the people I admired and enjoyed the most was Bernie Yokel, who served the Conservancy so well for so many years. He lived, for many years, in one of the Conservancy’s old houses along Shell Island Road on the south fringe of Rookery […]
When I think back about Mrs. Sherwin, tears come to my eyes, but they are warm tears. In the old days around Cutlass Cove, at the very south end of Port Royal, in Naples, Florida, she was a loving friend to all of us. She was also a mentor and a role model. She would […]
May 22 was the last evening of sampling for the month. In Fakahatchee Bay, Pat O’Donnell, a fish biologist at Rookery Bay Research Reserve, and his team of volunteers caught only one shark, but that small newborn bull shark was the one he was hoping to find. As his study area is directly affected by hydrologic restoration […]