NORI ST. PAUL

• Prayers for Boston: Naples resident starts prayer canvas project to honor marathon victims, survivors Published 05/15/2013 at 4:05 p.m.

  Some people would rather forget the Boston Marathon bombing tragedy, but not Naples resident Kari Wagner. She is remembering it big, as in the size of a football field.

• Perfect 10 Strength Training fills fitness need for busy people Published 04/09/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Exercise in less time and feel better? That's what a new Naples studio proposes.

• Project Prom: Dedicated volunteers, businesses put together a free boutique for Collier students Published 04/07/2013 at 10:29 a.m.

  It’s prom time — time for high school girls to dream about that perfect dress. A group has collaborated in Collier County to give the gift of a perfect night to every local high schooler who wants to be the ...

• The Phil creates Arts and Alzheimer's, a upcoming program for those with dementia Published 03/19/2013 at 1:22 p.m.

  Arts & Alzheimer's will come to the Philharmonic Center for the Arts, for a six-week interactive program that combines visual museum art with live music performance from a violinist and harpist.

• Collier elementary students take a bite out of obesity Published 03/19/2013 at 1:22 p.m.

  Collier County schools are doing its part to educate our children — and are feeding them to make the point. The new Farm to School programs brings fresh locally grown fruits and vegatibles to elementary schools in Collier.

• Remember at the Relay: American Cancer Society hosts Relay for Life fundrasiers in Collier, Lee Published 03/07/2013 at 4:04 p.m.

  Relay for Life events are scheduled in Collier County to begin in March.

• The making of magic: Disney on Ice skates into Germain Arena Published 03/01/2013 at 6 a.m.

  In the middle of summer 2012, performers at Germain Arena in Fort Myers practiced to skate right into 2013, creating a magic potion of Walt Disney’s family entertainment for Southwest Florida. The first show for “Disney On Ice presents Worlds ...

• Diver down: Rescue swimmers meet to retrain skills in hopes of more success stories Published 02/26/2013 at 5:42 p.m.

  A man behind the wheel of a tractor trailer headed to Miami on Interstate 75 loses control, crosses the lanes of traffic headed west and crashes through a fence and into the canal.

• Fabric of nature: Naples artist photographs flora and fanua to craft custom-made textiles, materials Published 02/21/2013 at 2:59 p.m.

  Artist uses real flowers to craft pillows.

• Naples Beach finds recall love story, an era, and surprising relics Published 02/10/2013 at 4 a.m.

  A Naples man and his wife collected, over 10 years, nearly the only remaining fragments of Naples' history as a test gunning site for defense in World War II.

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