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karen larson talks about Wellness and Interior Design

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by Karen Larson, Interior Designer Wellness is a comprehensive term incorporating many facets. The definition  according to the National Wellness Institute, is “an active process through which people become aware of, and make choices toward, a more successful existence.” With people spending on average 90% of their time indoors, leading professionals in medicine, science and the green building industry are developing new building standards, design concepts and material specifications in an effort to […]

Claudia Polzin on finding new Adventures

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Finding new adventures or old adventures in unexpected places is part of the fun of living in Naples. Begin the month with an opera in a church – Don Pasquale – presented by Gulfshore Opera in First United Methodist Church in Naples. Consider the plot of this opera – it’s mid -19th century and old bachelor Don Pasquale plans to marry in […]

Congressman Rooney and Offshore Drilling

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by Congressman Francis Rooney As the 116th Congress begins, the Florida delegation should unite to stop offshore drilling off the Gulf coast of Florida and must push Congress to enact legislation to make the moratorium on offshore  drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico (EGOM), eastward from the Military Mission Line (MML) at Long. 86 deg, 41 min., permanent. The MML was established by […]

Artificial Intelligence Boon or Bane?

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by Dave Trecker Computers will autonomously take your orders, prepare your food, deliver your purchases, run factories, operate trains, buses and merchant ships, and make millions of decisions with little or no human input. It’s barely a decade away. There’s no question artificial intelligence will change the way we live. But will it change it for the better? Some […]

Mayor Bill

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I think I finally figured out why I insist at the beginning of every Life in Naples article that I write why I’m so obsessed with putting the date that the article is being written in the first sentence. Unlike newspaper journalists who can write their story and know that it will be seen online today and in print tomorrow, […]

a message from your publisher…Naples is very Family Friendly

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Every New Year promotes reflection and prioritizing our lives, usually making family time more significant. The composition of families may differ, however, spending time together, sharing dreams and most of all making today count is a common thread. Naples is the perfect place to facilitate quality time. A day at the beaches enjoying the Gulf, picking up shells, and making sand castles, no electronics […]

Naples Senior Senior Makes a Big and Historic Announcement

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NAPLES SENIOR CENTER EMBARKS ON “A NEW ERA FOR SENIORS”; ANNOUNCES CAMPAIGN FOR NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY  NAPLES, FL.  January 13, 2019– The Naples Senior Center, a nonprofit organization that provides comprehensive programs and social services for seniors, announced that it has launched a $15-million capital campaign dubbed “A New Era for Seniors” to establish a […]