The 2019 Naples Winter Wine Festival came to a close following its electric Live Auction, which raised just under $16 million for the underprivileged and at-risk children of Collier County. This brings the total amount raised by the Festival to more than $191 million since its inception in 2001. On-the-spot donations supporting this year’s Fund […]
By Tina Osceola Today’s Ochopee, Florida bares little resemblance to its former 1934 self, when it was some what of a hub of Florida’s early agribusiness. Large wooden packing houses where tomatoes were boxed up, placed on trucks and sent off for parts unknown. Most of the Seminole families who lived in that area worked the […]
There’s exciting news coming from Moorings Park Grande Lake, Naples’ new Life Plan (CCRC) Community being developed by Moorings Park in partnership with London Bay Homes. The news includes the start of construction on the three buildings in Phase 1, and the release of sales in Phase 2. The three buildings in Phase 1 consist […]
Last year, David Lawrence Center, the Naples based, not-for-profit mental health and addiction recovery treatment center, received funding from Central Florida Behavioral Health Network (CFBHN) to launch a new program to help our most vulnerable, high-risk citizens. Care Coordination is an innovative and integrated approach to help uninsured individuals with high needs who are recidivistic […]
By: Teresa Araque Hodges University has once again been named one of the Top 3 Safest Schools in the state of Florida. The university is also ranked in the top three percent nationally. “Being in the top three safest schools is the result of everyone at Hodges University, from our students to our faculty and […]
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 […]