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While Wii fitness games are better for kids than doing no exercise at all, there’s still no substitute for the real thing. Naples physical therapist Bruce Meert says some of the more physical Wii games could indeed benefit otherwise sedentary ...

It’s a town passionate about preserving its historical heritage, yet has enough innate humor to embrace the name of its local bi-monthly news publication, the Mullet Rapper. In equal measures, townsfolk revere the assorted array of entrepreneurs as well as ...

Like many of the thousands of people who flocked to Sunday’s Taste of Collier gourmet festival at Bayfront Naples, Steve and Kathy Thomson had their route mapped out. “We’re going to eat until we get to the other side,” Steve ...

You see them in Naples, on Marco, in, Bonita Springs and Estero, and many of the shopping centers in between — mini tent towns that spring up overnight as vendors, touting everything from fine art to kitsch crafts, set up ...

It didn’t matter a smidgen that the plates were of the paper kind and the forks and spoons plastic. Not when Kobe beef mini burger sliders; pan seared, pepper crusted ahi tuna; Maine lobster and steak surf ‘n turf; and ...

Reviled by some because they’re not fussy where they leave their toxic droppings, but revered by others because of their exotic nature and looks, iguanas appear to have taken a big population hit during this past winter’s extended freeze. Breeding ...

Bikini-clad Canadian friends Bridgitte St. Agermain and Emilie Richard drummed up many donations, especially when they joined restaurant owner, event host and jovial octogenarian Stan Gober on stage while he sang the Yankee Dollar Song.

Every year on St. Patrick’s Day, the red, white and blue gives way to the emerald green as revelers scoff Irish nosh and down Guinnesses, however obscure their Irish roots

Some were rare, and some were for retail, but all the shells and shell creations at the show were fascinating

Arts and crafts, food and drink are on tap, and the parade takes place 1 p.m. Sunday down Bald Eagle Drive

Young couple see niche on Marco for cafe that also offers Internet services and wi-fi

The great leveler is that everybody gets together at Stan’s Idle Hour Restaurant on Goodland one week before the Super Bowl for two days of inspired lunacy at the annual Mullet Festival. Social class distinction takes a hike as revelers ...

There’s a lot to love about Marco’s Beach Music Festival at the Marriott resort Friday and Saturday. The festival benefits the Joy of Giving annual Christmas gift-giving charity. The event includes a concert, a “Best Burger in Paradise” contest, a ...

One is an anthropology student, another studies art and history, the third is a “Mr. Fix-it” of anything mechanical, and the fourth is still in high school.