The annual fundraiser party for Naples’ Neighborhood Health Clinic, which serves the working poor and eases the load on hospital emergency rooms, is always a big deal. This year the event featured a very special guest, astronaut Jim Lovell of ...

The Disabled Veterans Foundation based in Fort Lauderdale was back on Collier County medians last weekend collecting donations. Despite questions about the camouflage-uniformed crew’s authenticity and mission in the past from local veterans and Collier County commissioners, the foundation had ...

Thanks to their problem-solving efforts behind the scenes, condominium managers at wits’ end to cope with stealth strangers renting from owners in foreclosure will get a second chance at law and order.

We call on law-enforcement agencies all the time to let the public help them catch suspected criminals. That often entails encouraging cops to release composite sketches or surveillance-camera photos.

Hang on. Here we go ...

Naples Municipal Airport Authority Chairman John Allen says the airport is seeking to add its own U.S. Customs office. He says it would be a boost for local plane owners, tourism and business by saving stops in Fort Myers, Miami ...

Let’s raise a glass to the future of Immokalee. A brewery specializing in high-quality, European-style, all-malt beer will be up and running there, employing 60 people at first, by the middle of next year.

In conversations with our editorial board, incumbents and political hopefuls offer some very quotable quotes. Some are profound, some are goofy, some are somewhere in between. Some are thought out, some just come out. All are the spice of political ...

My favorite cold weather story.

The places we’ve been. As we edge into the year 2010, we take one last look back at 2009. I trust you will agree with me that this column and its faithful readers have been on one wild ride for ...

There was a really neat event just before Christmas. Though it didn’t get any news coverage in the paper, until now, it was one of the quintessential Naples moments.

Another year, another tough decision. There are dozens of neighbors among us who could be this column’s Person of the Year for 2009.

Leo Ochs has ESP. The new Collier County manager jumped on the chance to pre-empt headlines about the “Grinch Who Stole County Beach Stickers” from Naples City Hall.

Steve Popper and the Naples Rotary Club saw what happened over the summer. They saw the need to feed hungry kids was so great that a joint effort by Collier County Parks and Recreation Department and Collier County Public Schools ...

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist’s appointments office this week is expected to short-list the nominees to succeed Collier County School Board member Richard Calabrese on an interim basis when he leaves office at the end of the month.