Employees at the Crystal Clear Water Purification Center are getting ready to take huge water containers and donations to victims of Florence. “I have kids so I know what it’s like to go through hurricanes and not have the supplies you need,” Brad Wood said. He worked at the North Fort Myers Water Purification Center […]
The Bonita Cafe arrived at the new location on Old 41 ahead of schedule on Thursday. The transport of the building formerly known as the Dixie Moon Cafe was finished way before the 5 pm deadline. Trish Welles, a long time customer of the cafe said she went by to see the transport of the […]
Southwest Florida residents are sorry to see an old building go, but are happy that it will be salvaged and moved to a new location. Alan Glazier moved to Bonita Springs when he was six years old, and has been here for 59 years. But he still remembers where he got his first root beer. […]
A 93-year-old Naples man is lucky to have both legs after contracting flesh-eating bacteria from walking on the Delnor-Wiggins Pass beach in Collier County. Roy Haase, a veteran, has strolled on the beach for two years with his pal Robb Stan. They started posting their walks on Facebook live, where Roy’s love for nature garnered […]
Habitat for Humanity says Collier residents can apply if you still need help with your home. Volunteers continue to work on homes, one year after Hurricane Irma, and one homeowner’s story of recovery is what keeps them inspired. “You can see where the Clorox marks are from where the neighbors cleaned up the blood,” said Sarah […]
Empty, barren and filled with dead sea animals. This is what researchers call a dead zone, and it’s right here in Southwest Florida. But it wasn’t the case for the Edison Reef last summer. “When we dove the Edison reef, on Tuesday, we saw nothing,” said Rick Bartleson, a water quality scientist with the Sanibel-Captiva […]
Sally Gulmy and Cathy Suggs say this would have been 15-year-old Hayden Schreyer’s third year in 4-H. “I met Hayden several years ago. And then just recently he came into my club a couple years ago, so he’s part of my family before he even is my 4-H family,” Gulmy said. Family are friends are […]
Parents are paying special attention to Gubernatorial candidate Ron Desantis for his remarks about Common Core. It has been a hot topic among parents since it was established in the classroom back in 2010. Common Core is a clear set of shared goals and expectations for knowledge and skills students need in English language arts, […]
Adjacent to a bustling 7-Eleven gas station, lies a grassy lot of wetlands in the Gateway community. Resident Sharid Raldris is hoping it stays that way. “Everything is overloaded,” Raldris said. “You put 300 apartments in here, its just gonna get worse.” The housing he’s talking about is only in the planning stages. The developers […]
In a letter laying out his final thoughts, Senator John McCain said that while he has some regrets in his 81 years of life he “would not trade a day of my life, in good or bad times, for the best day of anyone else’s” saying he was the “luckiest person on earth” even in his […]