I’ve always been fascinated by the concept of family. Looking at my background, how could I not be? I was born and raised in Immokalee. As one of nine children, I was part of a large, caring family. However, as I would come to appreciate more and more over the years, I was also part […]
Meg Hardt currently serves as the Senior Corporate Engagement Specialist at Arthrex, Inc., with a focus on employee and community engagement projects. She currently manages a Medical Device Industry course at FGCU, as well as an internal training program geared towards employee education. Hardt also shares the Arthrex mission with healthcare professionals who are visiting […]
by JOE TRACHTENBERG, Chair of Collier County’s Affordable Housing Advisory Committee As our snowbird neighbors begin their migrations south, the pressures of the affordable housing crisis in Collier County will become even more obvious to all. Inability to fill service positions in every field of business will result in universal reductions in the quality of […]
Clean simple lines for kitchen designs have been the mantra for a few years now and the concept is still going strong. If you think about it, why would we want to design a new kitchen to be complex, busy, and lacking in creativity as well. The answer is we wouldn’t. The other item on […]
Are you in a rut? Same hair color forever? Is this really your best look? Are you still wearing the same style of clothing that you wore while a teenager? Of course not! As trends change, we adjust. Even our natural base color changes over time. So does our skin pigment. Sometimes these changes are […]
The “River of Grass,” the remarkable one-of-a-kind swampy wilderness next door to Naples, is getting some tender loving care. It’s very welcome and it’s coming none too soon. by Dave Trecker Certainly, if anything in South Florida is worth preserving, it’s the Everglades. The stark landscape is unique—beautiful, mysterious, wild. Both tropical and temperate plants […]
In the light of day after the storm, a friend of mine wrote, “In all things, give thanks.” This heartfelt message resonates, especially now in the month of Thanksgiving. As this issue went to press, it was just after Hurricane Ian passed through Naples and Southwest Florida. The storm charted a path of widespread flooding, […]
The Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center presents its annual winter fundraising event, The Luncheon, on Wednesday, December 7, 2022, from 11:30am-2:00pm, at an exclusive private club in Naples. The program will include a special appearance by actor/author Tom Dugan, who will perform excerpts of his award-winning one-man play, Wiesenthal, […]
November—the official beginning of Season in Southwest Florida—and beginning of the gearing up for the arts organizations for their 2022-23 schedules. Also, all of the fast food places, and coffee shops started early—in September with their pumpkin spice varieties of coffee and sweets. So by now you may have had your fill of pumpkin spice—just […]
Fox & Friends Weekend News Anchor, Army National Guard Veteran, and former CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, Pete Hegseth, will present his inspirational story during a luncheon to support the Parkinson’s Association of Southwest Florida (PASWFL). Mr. Hegseth’s talk will take place at the PASWFL’s signature fundraising event — “A Step Forward: Overcoming Obstacles”—on […]