The Boys & Girls Club of Collier County recently held the Third Annual Youth of the Year Celebration at Artis-Naples with special guest and Boys & Girls Club alumni, Sugar Ray Leonard. More than 500 attended the event centered on the remarkable accomplishments of 20 local Youth of the Year nominees. Evening highlights included a […]
You can’t turn on the news, open a magazine or talk to a neighbor without the ‘cloud’ appearing. What is the cloud and how can it be useful to you? Simply put, the term cloud is used to describe information that is stored not on your own personal computer but on a remote computer or […]
One Giant Leap For Tennis In Southwest Florida! Communist parades, medieval pole festivals, an enormous tennis tournament; it must be May. And in this season ending month here at Cambier Park in downtown Naples we speak tournament tennis; and we speak it fluently. That’s because arguably the biggest tennis tournament around is about to start. […]
Murray Hendel has left Gulf Shore Blvd and he has left behind “Murray’s Mile.” Mr. Hendel is moving to Bentley Village after over 27 years on Gulf Shore. He walked the beach behind his Park Shore high-rise condo. The beach walk nearly a mile long was where you could find Murray walking almost everyday. During […]
The way Collier County Sheriff Kevin Rambosk sees it, the more information residents have the safer the community will be. “People are consuming information in new ways, and the best way for us to stay connected with our community is to reach out to them in the platforms they use,” Sheriff Rambosk said. “Social media […]
We’ve heard it from other business owners around town that this season has been fantastic — we agree! From restaurants, specialty shops, and grocery stores to every shopping center, locals seem to be particularly happy with our seasonal residents and their spending trends. Even when visiting Costco first thing in the morning, they’re already brimming […]
to benefit The Immokalee Foundation by Steven Kissinger The ninth annual Inter-Club Challenge, a spirited golf tournament that pits golf club against golf club in a friendly rivalry, provides the unique opportunity to compete for a cause. Set for Monday, May 4, 2015 at The Club at Mediterra in Naples, proceeds from the tournament will […]
by Chad Ketcher Why do we dread getting older? Part of it may be our youth-obsessed culture, which shames people for aging – as if it were something to avoid. We lift our faces and color our hair to hide the advancing years. But another reason may be our fear of the unknown. The fear […]
DON’T BECOME A VICTIM With identity theft and fraud always prevalent, I continue to advise my clients on how to avoid becoming a victim. Pervasive telephone scams, another form of identity theft and fraud, is becoming increasingly common. Identity theft and pervasive telephone scams top The IRS “Dirty Dozen” List (listing complied each year by […]
by Renee Wilson A frontrunner in environmental education for Collier County students for more than thirty years, Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve has launched a new seventh grade field trip program for students in Collier County public and private schools. After several months of planning, the first class was welcomed last month. “We are […]