by Nick Penniman The first three Life in Naples articles on the Conservancy of Southwest Florida have covered wildlife care and rehabilitation, education and science. This final piece is about the best known and most public part of the Conservancy’s work: environmental policy. Beginning in 1964 with a petition signed by thousands of citizens, elaborately […]
by Steven Kissinger Jesus Abarca, who was accepted into The Immokalee Foundation’s Take Stock in Children program in middle school, is now 25 years old, and his list of accomplishments – and the way he has earned respect and admiration of adults – would do a man twice his age proud. Lipman Produce CEO Kent […]
So when the lights go up March 22 for “There’s No Business Like Show Business,” fans of live theater will be watching dozens of performers from the Naples Players adult and youth programs entertain them throughout the evening. “The opening number will be 14 to 18 year olds performing ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ from Hairspray, […]
by Catherine Fay, Owner and VP ADVERTORIAL Winter came late to the Northeast and the Midwest this year and I must say we had our share of cold snaps here in Naples too. It was a little too cold for some of us but spring will be here before you know it with spring breaks […]
by Jill Ciccarelli Rapps, CFP® Financial Advisor Sometimes life can throw a variety of unexpected events at us. When it does, coping with them in the best way possible is very important. When a circumstance arises that requires us to care for a loved one – whether it’s aging parents or a spouse that has […]
by Michael Wiener, E.A. Condominiums at the Time Warner Center were found to have a number of hidden owners for over a decade who had been the subjects of government investigations. Concerned about illicit money flowing into luxury real estate, the Treasury Department stated that it would begin identifying and tracking secret buyers of high-end […]
Cpl. Rob Capizzi is fighting crime by literally cleaning up the streets. Cpl. Capizzi has helped organize more than 50 community cleanups, abandoned property sweeps and beautification projects as part of his duties as a certified law enforcement officer for the Collier County Sheriff ’s Office. His efforts recently earned him national recognition. Cpl. Capizzi […]
The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is partnering with China’s Rilin Group to help restore 225 acres of mangroves in Collier County. The industrial group has committed $5 million to restore and monitor the mangrove forest at Fruit Farm Creek within the Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve (RBNERR). RBNERR and its partners have been […]
When you come to Shula’s Naples for a meal, you already know you are in for some of the best cuisine in all of SWFL, but what you may not know is who is doing the cooking! So, we decided to give you an expanded view of what’s going on behind the doors by introducing […]
by Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD Jaclyn L. Kovach, MD and Stephen G. Schwartz, MD, MBA at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine’s Bascom Palmer Eye Institute and the John P. Hussman Institute for Human Genomics are part of a consortium that has significantly expanded the number of genetic factors known to play a […]