LPGA Hall of Famer Annika Sorenstam and LPGA major champion and 2016 Olympian Lexi Thompson hit the links during the Immokalee Foundation’s 11th Annual Charity Classic Pro-Am. Twenty-six top professional golfers joined 104 philanthropic amateurs to raise more than $550,000at the recent scramble-style tournament for the foundation’s educational programs benefiting the youth of Immokalee. Held […]
Collier County Sheriff ’s Office chief was recently recognized for a lifetime of service by the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce. Chief James “Jim” Richard Williams received a Lifetime Achievement Award during the annual Distinguished Public Service breakfast at the Hilton Naples. He was joined by Cpl. Natalie Ashby, who was also recognized for her […]
It is frightening and often frustrating to encounter a large group of bicyclists, or peloton, when you are driving. No one wants to crash and everyone wants to get where they’re going as quickly as possible. HERE ARE SOME TIPS FOR SHARINGTHE ROAD WITH THE SPANDEX CROWD Don’t be rattled if you hear a lot […]
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At Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, we strive to provide world-class clinical care to each patient that walks through our doors. Bascom Palmer is an academic, tertiary-care referral institute, and the only university based eye care center in Southwest Florida. Bascom Palmer is proud that its patients in Naples come to the institute from the local community, as well as from around the globe. While each […]
Swinging With Purpose™ held a private reception at Quail West Golf and Country Club. It was a precursor for the rematch of the “Battle of the Sexes.” New to our venues, Brad and Nancy Sauer hosted an inaugural “Gals and Guys Hangin’ with Nancy and Chris” at Grey Oaks Country Club. Nancy Lopez (PGA Hall of Famer) and Chris DiMarco […]
As many people have decided to participate in some form of exercise for the new year, it is important to do it right. Usually within the first two months of a new exercise program people quit. The excuses are many but one of the most common is that people get hurt (feel pain) or they do not have the proper motivation […]
by Kristen Coury Producing Artistic Director What was to be a celebrated time of gathering playwrights, actors and directors from across the country for the annual New Works Festival soon became a scrambling hurricane evacuation effort. The aftermath of Hurricane Irma’s landfall forced the cancellation of Gulfshore Playhouse’s first show of the season due to significant damage to The Norris […]
by Kelsey Burr Naples Zoo Marketing Associate At just a few weeks old, Athena the Florida panther kitten, was left behind. Her mother, who was being monitored by National Park Service biologists in Big Cypress National Preserve, had left her den for good and taken her three other kittens with her. Athena was the runt of the litter and also […]
by Ron McGinty Patagonia, with barely two million inhabitants, encompasses more than 402 thousand square miles… by comparison Texas has only 267 thousand. At the southern tip of South America lays Argentina and Chile separated by the Andes mountains comprising Patagonia. Author Bruce Chatwin famously wrote, “Patagonia is the farthest place to which man walked from his place of origin,” […]