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Countywide public-safety emergency radio system scrutinized
27 June 2025
Collier County’s aging public safety radio system doesn’t meet national standards, and suffers from ...
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27 June 2025
Local communities are gearing up to celebrate Independence Day with a full lineup of festivities on ...
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27 June 2025
Two more hospitality venues opened in late spring at small retail strips in the city of Naples. A ne...
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13 June 2025
Q: We live in Naples Reserve and see that the parcel directly across 41 is now being developed after...
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
“If I’m not mistaken, we had five landfalling hurricanes last year. So if that study is right, then the progress that we’ve made over the last almost two decades saved U.S. society $25 billion.”
13 June 2025
Staffing and funding cuts at one of the nation’s premier science agencies could leave Southwest Flor...
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Storm preparedness event focuses on importance of planning
6 June 2025
While President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed more than $600 million in cuts to the Fed...
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Golisano Children’s Health Center in North Naples to remain open
6 June 2025
Golisano Children’s Health Center in North Naples will continue operations following a settlement be...
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6 June 2025
Q: What is going in next to Carlisle retirement community where they are clearing the large parcel? ...
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Naples shelves plan to buy Stillwater Cove apartments
30 May 2025
After seven months discussing options, the Naples Community Redevelopment Agency voted against partn...
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30 May 2025
Q: What is being built next to CVS at Airport and Vanderbilt? Thanks. – Michael Dean, Naples A: Buil...
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30 May 2025
Despite strong opposition, commissioners of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ap...
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23 May 2025
Living on acreage in unincorporated Collier County means being close enough to “the city” to get one...
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23 May 2025
Around the world, Catholics and non-Catholics alike reacted with stunned surprise to the news on May...
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23 May 2025
Q: I see land has been cleared just west of 951 on the south side of Vanderbilt Beach Road. What is ...
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FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS
16 May 2025
When Jay Baker decided to surprise his wife, Patty, with a $5 million gift in her honor to what was ...
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FRAUD ALLEGED
16 May 2025
A Naples permit and design plan firm accused of fraud contends that the use of a 91-year-old retired...
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The southern side of Home Depot’s narrow property borders the Marco Naples RV Resort, whose residents have been vocal about the loud noises and thick clouds of dust created by earthmovers clearing the previously undeveloped land.
16 May 2025
Q: I see trees coming down across from Lely. Is that where Home Depot is going to build? – Kim Phill...
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Many nonprofits set records for fun, giving
9 May 2025
When it comes to holding up their auction paddles to raise money for nonprofits, Naples gala patrons...
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Homeowners hit by permit fraud still awaiting repairs by builder
13 June 2025
Monika and Paul Gatto purchased 2½ acres off Livingston Road five years ago and signed a contract to...
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13 June 2025
Q: We live in Naples Reserve and see that the parcel directly across 41 is now being developed after...
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6 June 2025
Organizers of this year’s Great Canoe Races of Naples are following in big footsteps as they reimagi...
Food & Flavor
6 June 2025
Tacos are not merely delivery systems for whatever just came off the grill or the pan, but the broad...
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“It’s not one of those things that you want to wake up in the middle of the night and there they are, standing at the foot of your bed.”
6 June 2025
It’s easy to imagine the cast and creatives of Ghost the Musical in a tug-of-war from opposite ends ...
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9 May 2025
Q: Do you know what’s going in the old Stein Mart space by Publix? Thanks! – Dana Laskowsky Bilicki,...
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CELEBRATING MOTHER’S DAY
A long road, with ruts
9 May 2025
Some written announcements of motherhood don’t begin with a baby shower list of onesies, diapers and...
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2 May 2025
Not only has Chef Brian Roland physically and emotionally returned to public life in Southwest Flori...
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2 May 2025
Q: What is going into the new buildings just east of Aldi on Immokalee going toward the CVS? – Bob H...
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2 May 2025
Young Xavier Barbuto’s good advice is born of personal experience. He has watched his father and his...
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GI Holocaust rescuer saved lives with his pen
25 April 2025
Robert Hilliard, with the typical curiosity of a journalist, was fascinated with the idea of Holocau...
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25 April 2025
Q: Any new information about the vacancies in “Bed Bath & Beyond Plaza”? – Chris Wowk, Naples A: Fou...
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CITY GOVERNMENT
25 April 2025
New Year’s fireworks may return to the city of Naples, just not on New Year’s Eve. Naples City Counc...