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Mercato at Ave indoor marketplace launches with 15 vendors near Ave Maria’s town center

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Mercato at Ave indoor marketplace launches with 15 vendors near Ave Maria’s town center

“Our goal is to have this indoor marketplace serve as a platform for small business.”

By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com

17 March 2023

Mercato at Ave, an indoor marketplace with 15 vendors, celebrated its grand opening March 4 with a r...

Naples-based Skillets restaurant expands from west to east

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RESTAURANTS

Naples-based Skillets restaurant expands from west to east

“As we grow on the other coast, we’ll be setting up different centers of district managers.”

By Katiuska Carrillo katiuska.carrillo@naplespress.com

17 March 2023

Skillets, a Naples-based breakfast and lunch restaurant, plans to open a new 4,200-square-foot locat...

Tin City in Naples fully operational after damage by hurricane, car crash

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Tin City in Naples fully operational after damage by hurricane, car crash

“We were flooded by about 2 and a half to 3 feet of water. ... We remediated it properly. That’s why

By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com

17 March 2023

Tin City in Naples finally has the pedal to the metal and is fully operational months after the wate...

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EDUCATION

Interim superintendent recalls challenges, joys of life in education

“You really impact kids’ lives and you change the trajectory of their life just by the things you

By Elizabeth Kellar

17 March 2023

For some, pinning down a professional highlight might be tricky. Leslie Ricciardelli doesn’t hesitat...

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Centennial celebration: what’s happening

17 March 2023

The 100th anniversary of Collier County is an all-year party, and the county has created its own web...

NCH North Naples Hospital expands cardiac care

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HEALTH

NCH North Naples Hospital expands cardiac care

“Our mission at NCH continues to be to provide our patients with the highest quality of care anywhere, right here in Naples.”

17 March 2023

Special to The Naples Press Naples Community Hospital North Naples Hospital is opening its new cardi...

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17 March 2023

Report: Naples ranked best city to live in United States Naples was named the best city to live in t...

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DEVELOPMENT

Stand-alone golf club breaks ground on over 170 acres in North Naples

By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com

17 March 2023

Q: Do you have info on the clearing in progress across from Kalea Bay, corner of Vanderbilt Drive an...

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REAL ESTATE

The Pearl Founders Square luxury apartments sell for $125M

By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com

17 March 2023

The Pearl Founders Square luxury apartment complex is under new ownership after recently selling for...

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Investigation: Former Naples fire chief had multi-year affair with city employee

By Rachel Cox-Rosen WINK News

10 March 2023

Details from the investigation of former Naples fire chief Pete DiMaria reveal he was having an inap...

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Naples Pathways Coalition to host 17th annual Naples Bike Brunch & Walk

By Therese McDevitt

3 March 2023

Collier County cyclists and walkers have something to look forward to this weekend: The Naples Pathw...

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Healthcare Network seeks to replace $1.2M in funding canceled by Collier commissioners

By Rachel Cox-Rosen WINK News

3 March 2023

An organization that helps thousands of migrant farmworkers is looking for ways to replace funding t...

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EDUCATION

FGCU’s blossoming relationship with Naples Botanical Garden

By Drew Sterwald Special to The Naples Press

3 March 2023

Banana, papaya and pineapple plants aren’t the only things bearing fruit at the Naples Botanical Gar...

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Naples Pier redesign process seeks public input

By Samantha Roesler samantha.roesler@naplespress.com

3 March 2023

Almost five months since Hurricane Ian destroyed the historic Naples Pier, city of Naples is moving ...

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3 March 2023

Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples raises $1M at gala Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples raised ...

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COLLIER COUNTY CENTENNIAL

‘Small world in big county’

Everglades City keeps quaint town charm, traditions

By Andrea Stetson

3 March 2023

Teddy Smallwood and Gabriel Herrin, both 16, are in the eighth generation of their families living i...

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Bayshore- Gateway: To change? What to change?

By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com

3 March 2023

The phrase “March madness” could drift from basketball tournaments to the way staff at the Bayshore-...

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FDOT considers additional lanes, interchange improvements for I-75

By Samantha Roesler samantha.roesler@naplespress.com

24 February 2023

Interstate 75 in Lee and Collier counties may be widened within the next few years as the Florida De...

Sports

Key to Everblades’ success is brick wall

Speaking of Sports David Wasson

16 May 2025

The very best people in the world at what they do, essentially, take something that is exceedingly d...

Her long road: Noemi Perez remembers motherhood before adulthood

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Her long road: Noemi Perez remembers motherhood before adulthood

A long road, with ruts

By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com

9 May 2025

Some written announcements of motherhood don’t begin with a baby shower list of onesies, diapers and...

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Tree Farm Plaza nears completion

By Tim Aten tim.aten@naplespress.com

2 May 2025

Q: What is going into the new buildings just east of Aldi on Immokalee going toward the CVS? – Bob H...

Arts & Leisure

Dramatic arts school to embed theater in education

All their world’s a stage

By Harriet Howard Heithaus

8 May 2025

Raise the curtain: A performing arts school makes its debut at Sugden Community Theatre Sept. 2. The...

Food & Flavor

Empanadas are perfect pocket repast

By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com

2 May 2025

Empanada Day was nearly a month ago and we are still scooping them up — by the mittful from places i...

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Naples fire chief retires following investigation

By Rachel Cox-Rosen WINK News

24 February 2023

After 33 years on the job and more than three years in the top spot, Naples Fire Chief Pete Di-Maria...

February is ‘Single and Ready to Mingle’ month for animal lovers

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NONPROFIT

February is ‘Single and Ready to Mingle’ month for animal lovers

By Therese McDevitt

24 February 2023

Humane Society Naples sees February—a month associated with true love and perfect matches—as an idea...

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BUSINESS

Legislature passes reform package to secure property insurance situation

By John Guerra

24 February 2023

The Florida Legislature used a special session in mid-December to pass what analysts say is the larg...

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Process of progress includes missed opportunities, dead ends

By Jeff Lytle

24 February 2023

Let us count the quirks the sentence can describe. “That is so Naples” for folks today to preach the...

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GOVERNMENT

Medical marijuana dispensaries banned in unincorporated Collier

By Samantha Roesler samantha.roesler@naplespress.com

24 February 2023

Collier County Board of Commissioners put the ongoing controversy of whether to allow medical mariju...

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24 February 2023

Humane Society Naples’ Run for the Paws raises more than $22K Humane Society Naples’ 17th annual Run...

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COLLIER COUNTY CENTENNIAL

Naples’ long, varied history of aviation

By Therese McDevitt

24 February 2023

A visit to the Naples Airport (APF) provides a glimpse into the long and varied history of aviation ...

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YEAR ONE FOR UKRAINE REFUGEES

A year of Ukraine under siege

New Neapolitans caught between homeland and future

By Harriet Howard Heithaus harriet.heithaus@naplespress.com

24 February 2023

Ukrainian rally Friday Ukrainian supporters are invited to join a rally to call attention to the con...

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