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CNN

Newtown High wins football championship on 7th anniversary of Sandy Hook massacre

In Newtown, Connecticut, December 14 is normally clouded with sadness. It’s the anniversary of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary. But this Saturday — the seventh anniversary of the tragedy — ended with jubilation because the Newtown High football team rallied in the final seconds to win the Class LL state championship. Playing on […]

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KEY LARGO

Moving Modular: The hurricane-fighting homes coming to Florida’s coasts

Much of Key Largo has been built to code to fight that thorn from breaking the glass of the vase, just like how these homes now need to be built to withstand winds of 180 miles per hour.

SANIBEL

Removing dying trees from Sanibel after getting poisoned by Hurricane Ian’s storm

We lost a lot of trees when saltwater rushed ashore during Hurricane Ian. Crews are out on Sanibel Island, marking and removing the dying vegetation. Joel Caouette, a biologist for the City of Sanibel, says that arsenic cyanide saltwater “killed these very large trees, killed a lot of trees.” All of these have something in […]

SAN CARLOS ISLAND

Family rebuilds, reopens Bonita Bill’s in honor of the man behind the name

Pain and destruction are only the beginning of the comeback story for a waterfront eating institution near Fort Myers Beach.

COLLIER COUNTY

Nursing home for veterans coming to Collier County

There’s a plan to get more help to wounded warriors in the Southwest Florida community. $30,000,000 has been approved by Collier County. Under the plan, the State Department of Veteran Affairs will put the cash into an escrow account. The goal is to use that money to make a nursing home for veterans since Collier […]

NAPLES

89-year-old Naples softball player spreading joy with his love for the game

Jim Neuser is something to watch and something else altogether to listen to. At 89 years old, He is the catcher for the Naples Phillies softball team.

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