IMMOKALEE:
where fact and legend collide
THE DIMINUTIVE mocha-complected woman with hair blacker than melted midnight stands in the harsh glare of an unshaded 100-watt light bulb and explains to Cpl. Esteban Rodriguez of the Collier County Sheriff's Office how someone has entered her home, found her purse and stolen $1,000 Full Story
So you think you know everything you need to know about honeybees?
We all know what a honeybee is — or do we? "Honeybee" is the common name for several species of social bees that make honey. They have six legs, four wings and compound eyes. Most are yellow and black, and some have striped abdomens. They're cold-blooded and regulate their body temperature by huddling together or by beating their wings up to 180 beats per second. Full Story
I scream, you scream
Even in a recession, we all scream for ice cream
There's a certain amount of nostalgia in the ice cream business these days, but nostalgia with an engine: Ice cream is an old-time enterprise that can navigate comfortably through new times, hard times and any other times (good, bad, happy, sad). Full Story
First National Bank of the Gulf Coast, Panther Community Bank set to merge
First National Bank of the Gulf Coast, a new bank in organization in Naples, and Panther Community Bank, N.A, an independent bank serving Lehigh Acres, have signed an agreement under which FNB of the Gulf Coast will merge with and into PCB under its national bank charter. Full Story
HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE GOOD?
THE DILEMMA OF THOSE IN THE PERFORMING ARTS
EVERY SEASON, WHEN "AMERICAN IDOL" holds open auditions in cities around the country, thousands Full Story
Gulf Coast Symphony performs Beethoven and Bruckner
The Gulf Coast Symphony, Southwest Florida's premier community orchestra, presents another of its critically acclaimed Classical Access Concerts on Saturday evening, May 9. The program features the Overture from Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio and Bruckner's Symphony No. 8 in C minor, "The Apocalyptic. Full Story
Bank auctioning 75 condos in Fort Myers' Rivera
20 will be sold to the highes bidders, regardless of price
A lender-ordered auction of 75 new waterfront condominiums in the Rivera in Fort Myers will take place May 16 at the Harborside Event Center in downtown Fort Myers. Lamar Fisher, president and CEO of Fisher Auction Co. Inc. said that to be a qualified bidder, one must have a $10,000 cashier's check per unit and should have financing in order. Full Story
Three furnished model homes sell at Mediterra
Valued at more than $8.5 million
Fully furnished model homes continue to sell at Mediterra, the 1,697-acre North Naples community created by Bonita Bay Group. Buyers closed on three model homes between early December and mid-March. The homes — two custom single-family estates and a luxury coach home — sold for a combined $8,525,000, said Kelli Eastman, director of sales for Bonita Bay Group. Full Story
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