Entries by LifeInNaples

Deputy earns national award – FOR CLEANUPS

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 […]

Rookery Bay Mangrove – innovative project to restore 225 acres of mangroves

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 […]

BASCOM PALMER EYE INSTITUTE AT THE FOREFRONT OF GENETIC RESEARCH FOR AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION

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 […]

POPS 4

Without music, movies would feel different. Jaws isn’t as terrifying without the nearly claustrophobic theme music. Gone With The Wind would seem much less epic without the sweeping Tara’s Theme. Up would be less, well, uplifting without its jazzy score. “For so many of us, the music is how we remember so many famous scenes,” […]

Politics and Potpourri

by Councilman Bill Barnett I had written in last month’s Life in Naples of my anticipation of the then upcoming Naples Daily News Half Marathon which was to take place on Sunday January 17th. One year of training from running four miles on a Sunday and working my way up to an eventual 10 mile […]

What Is Causing Your Pain?

We are into the third month of 2016. Many people started with a resolution to get into shape. People may quit for many reasons. Others have realized that exercising is as important to each day as brushing the teeth! I frequently ask my older clients, “What is the key to your longevity?” The common answers […]