Entries by LifeInNaples

Meet Naples Zoo’s Adorable New Additions

If you’ve visited Naples Zoo lately, you may have noticed two new adorable faces in the bongo and gazelle yards. A male Eastern bongo calf was born December 30, 2019 to parents Amara and Sebastian, and a male slender-horned gazelle was born January  22 , 2020 to parents Clyde and Clover. The gazelle calf is named Colby-Jack, a special […]

Harmful Algal Blooms in Southwest Florida: What’s Next?

Ever since I was appointed to the Blue-Green Algae Task Force (BGATF) by Governor Ron DeSantis in May 2019, I have been asked two questions: “What is Florida doing about our harmful algal bloom  problem?”; and “What can I do about it?”. To answer the first question, the state is doing a great deal. Last year, Governor DeSantis asked for $625 million to improve […]

The CCSO tells us that the Calendar Drive Was a Success!

The Collier County Sheriff ’s Office couldn’t have planned it any better. The Sheriff ’s Office’s “Planning for Success” drive was a huge success, thanks to community members who responded to the agency’s request for donations of new 2020 calendars and day planners. The drive was so successful CCSO plans to make it an annual event. Sheriff Kevin Rambosk recently presented […]

TNP A Stellar Season – don’t wait get your tickets early

Although Associate Artistic Director Jessica Walck has been a driving force of selecting shows at The Naples Players for years, she believes there is something profoundly exciting about this coming season of shows. “Next year’s season is our most ambitious selection yet,” said Walck. “We are challenging ourselves, our talent, and our audiences in new and creative ways like never before […]

A Critical Election: How Do I Decide Who To Vote For? by Jim Melican

Later this month, there will be a very important election in Naples, determining for the next four years who our Mayor will be and the composition of half of the Naples City Council. The Gulf Shore Association of Condominiums (GSAC) recently conducted a Candidates Forum, in which both mayoral candidates and five of the six City Council candidates (to fill three seats) answered questions that […]

Ramping up for ‘Mosquito Season’ by Patrick Linn, MS, MSHAPI Executive Director, CMCD

Yes, there are subtle, seasonal shifts in Southwest Florida’s weather, and if you’ve been here long enough you can detect them. But one season persists year-round: mosquito season. During the winter months, variations of dry/wet, cool/warm  conditions  can either increase or decrease mosquito populations. Only when dry conditions persist, and temperatures consistently drop below 55 degrees, will mosquitoes slow down […]

FATIGUED – A Holistic Perspective

No matter what your job or status in life is – a financial analyst, an attorney, a construction worker, a doctor, a retiree, or a stay-at-home parent, we have all experienced the 21st century pandemic of mental exhaustion and lack of energy. In 20 years of clinical experience. I have seen different flavors of tiredness afflicting people. It is a disabling enemy […]

a message from your publisher

As you read this editorial commentary there is roughly two weeks left until the City election. This  election will determine who represents you, the Naples community, for the next four years. I am an incumbent running for a second term so that I can  finish my work. I have found my time on City Council to be very rewarding and […]