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RESTAURANTS
20 September 2024
The Bakery at Grappino launched Sept. 11 in the same building as Grappino restaurant on U.S. 41 in N...
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20 September 2024
A wave of new and reimagined hotel restaurants prove the best dining experiences are often just past...
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SUPERVISOR OF ELECTIONS
But not to run in them herself
20 September 2024
Collier Supervisor of Elections Melissa Blazier admits she’s an elections administrator, not a polit...
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CITY COUNCIL
Nine residents lined up to oppose the 50-passenger bus pilot program, which has the support of several businesses and restaurants. (Residents) maintained the continual bus service would just bring more visitors to the island by car who would then park in already congested parking lots.
20 September 2024
A hotly contested pilot program to provide continual bus service on Marco Island during season is se...
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20 September 2024
Collier County Public Libraries once again found themselves in the sights of the Board of Commission...
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COLLIER COUNTY
INSIDE
13 September 2024
Even with the number of vehicles on area roadways increasing rapidly as Collier County’s population ...
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AFFORDABLE HOUSING
“Now that one-bed, one-bath apartments are going for $2,000 a month, single parents are losing their housing too. There is now a wave of folks hitting the streets; we are case-managing 165 single parents living in their cars.”
13 September 2024
The Florida Homeless Coalition released a study in August that captures, among other things, the gap...
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13 September 2024
HR Collier to present legislative update Sept. 19 HR Collier, the local affiliate of the Society for...
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LIFE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
13 September 2024
Season in Southwest Florida may feel more and more like a permanent state of mind, but when does it ...
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13 September 2024
Collier County commissioners tentatively approved a $2.98 billion 2024-2025 budget Sept. 5, but didn...
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COLLIER COUNTY
13 September 2024
“Strive for perfection in everything. Take the best that exists and make it better. If it doesn’t ex...
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13 September 2024
During heavy August rains in Naples, NPD posted on social media about a very specific hazard: flippe...
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RESTAURANTS
13 September 2024
After serving Naples for more than 25 years, Aurelio’s Pizza is closing its Southwest Florida outpos...
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THE STORM NEXT TIME
13 September 2024
With hurricane season officially at its midpoint, The Naples Press presents the last in a series on ...
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WILDERNESS DESIGNATION PROPOSAL
13 September 2024
Florida’s Indigenous people are again fighting to protect their homeland from a threat involving the...
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NAPLES AIRPORT
13 September 2024
A routine annual Naples Airport Authority budget presentation Sept. 4 turned into a grilling by Napl...
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M Development proposes new mixed-use projects in downtown Naples, including previous site of St. George & the Dragon
6 September 2024
Aspen-based M Development proposes to build two three-story, mixed-use buildings and a parking garag...
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ENVIRONMENT
6 September 2024
Environmentalists say a new federal playbook for managing Lake Okeechobee’s water levels could reduc...
Food & Flavor
Hard work for excellent sushi and ramen
27 June 2025
For the high-level sushi carefully created by Chef Pitak “Koko” Hermkhunthod at Namba Ramen & Sushi,...
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BEHIND THE ARTIST
Jazz forms her ‘home base,’ with contemporary and Latin influences
11 July 2025
Originally from Seattle, Washington, Rebecca Richardson relocated to Southwest Florida from New York...
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Always seeking and savoring new restaurants, the East Naples area landed some fresh and highly accessible dining spots within the last month
20 June 2025
Seventh South Waterfront It was a major move for the talented team at the former Seventh South Craft...
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4 July 2025
Many local restaurants have come and gone during the first six months of the year. Our annual halfti...
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BEHIND THE ARTIST
11 July 2025
Amanda Rylee Park, a visual and sketch artist who confesses her love for all the best that Naples of...
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6 September 2024
County to host Emergency Readiness Summit Collier County’s inaugural Emergency Readiness Summit will...
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MENTAL HEALTH
6 September 2024
Suicide among young people has become a major mental health crisis in the United States, standing as...
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6 September 2024
Collier County honored Florida Sen. Kathleen Passidomo for championing the “Live Local,” “Live Healt...
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CYBER SECURITY
6 September 2024
Coral Springs-based background check company National Public Data issued a statement in late August ...
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IN OFFSEASON, NAPLES CHEFS RELAX, DO TASTY RESEARCH
6 September 2024
It’s not unusual to find a “closed” sign on the door of your favorite breakfast haunt or lunchtime d...
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6 September 2024
To reduce traffic, emissions and parked vehicles, the city of Naples is considering a free, electric...
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THE STORM NEXT TIME
6 September 2024
Kristen Goodman still remembers the waterlogged, sand-infused videocassette of a wedding ceremony ha...
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COUNTY COMMISSION
6 September 2024
Collier County commissioners voted 4-1 to continue negotiating a 439-acre land swap with Barron Coll...