All eyes looked to the sky on Saturday as radio-controlled aircraft pilots and enthusiasts gathered on a wind-swept field in southeast of Naples for the annual “Fun Fly.”

When Florida Gulf Coast University overturned the soil Wednesday just outside a group of trailers that house the Bower School of Music, it effectively turned a new leaf for the school. The school’s students currently rehearse in modular trailers, but ...

Don’t give a fruit cake this holiday season. This is the time of the year when you show your love for someone – with presents. And sometimes good gifts can be hard to come by, but we’ve come up with ...

Whether you are coming from Naples and going east or coming from Fort Lauderdale and going west, it’s hard to miss the signs for Billie Swamp Safari. The first time I visited my parents in Southwest Florida, my plane landed ...

She’s not a Dylan or a Lennon, but Inara George has a familial shadow hanging over her. Still, her father, Little Feat frontman Lowell George, was to thank for the introduction of her most recent recording partner, Van Dyke Parks.

Since the dawn of time, college students have always been poor. And in the present, it’s still no exception. With the rising costs of gas and food, college kids around the country are feeling the burn of getting less bang ...

We live in a world inundated with Starbucks, Coffee Beans, etc.. A search of Fort Myers for Starbucks revealed 13 of them within about a half hour of each other. Millions of Americans depend on these chains every morning to ...

It all came down to one final putt for Naples native Rocco Mediate in the 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines. He had just gone toe-to-toe with the best golfer in the world during an 18-hole playoff that only decided ...

It’s finally starting to feel like summer. And with the onset of the oppressive heat it is only a matter of time until we are dealing with rain everyday around late afternoon. The best way to beat the heat and ...

When I see Fort Jefferson appearing on the horizon in the bright midday sunlight I’m so astonished by its grandiose looks and massive size I am speechless. It took us 26 hours of motor sailing into the wind to get ...

Lots of people play golf. It’s a sport that anyone can enjoy, so incredibly difficult that you can’t help but be hooked after only a few rounds. I find professional golf fun to watch because the pros manage to make ...

Dad is a good guy. He’s always there, ready to fix a leaky faucet or kill a spider on a moment’s notice. He’s always around to lift and move heavy objects, he’ll go out in the 100 degree Florida summer ...

It’s no secret that the state of Florida boasts of some beautiful beaches. And, supposing you don’t want to drive for hours to reach the Florida Keys, and you want to lounge around seaside where you can catch a knockout ...

Does the thought of summer approaching make you dread the shopping that takes place to prepare for the heat? This year put the summer insecurities in the closet for once and step out into the world in fantastic style! Summer ...

I’m going to be honest here: I have always had a somewhat snobbish attitude towards cruise ships and people that spend their money and time on them. But when I saw an online offer of an all-inclusive package with an ...