HIGH ANXIETY
STRESSED SW FLORIDIANS BATTLE SOBRIETY, EMOTIONAL EQUILIBRIUM
SIGNS OF THE WORST ECONOMIC downturn since the Great Depression are abundant in Lee and Collier counties. Foreclosed homes dot the landscape. An alarming number of businesses and stores sit dark and shuttered. Automobile dealerships resemble gridlocked freeways, with unsold inventories sprawled across vast acreage. Full Story
Cute, furry and no place to call home
Nearly100,000 feral cats roam Lee County
There's Daisy, Norman, Maddie and, of course, Doug — the life of the party — always up for a good romp with his fellow felines. And Georgia, she's as sweet as a mom can be, doting on her babies. Still no matter how funny, smart and sweet these shelter cats are, they all share a common need: a home. Full Story
Health care quality could suffer without more lab techs
Lee Memorial Health System and other community organizations like Edison State College are planning for Lee County's growth. They are finding ways to attract and educate the next generation of nurses and doctors. But these high-profile professionals will need more laboratory workers to handle all the new samples of blood, tissue and other materials. Full Story
An Uncommon evening coming June 4
Tickets are still available for the Uncommon Evening being held Thursday, June 4, at Harborside Event Center, 1375 Monroe Street, Fort Myers. During the annual event of the Uncommon Friends Foundation, the fourth annual Business Ethics Award recipient will be announced. The two finalists are Entech Computer Services and Shell Point Retirement Community. Full Story
Sooner or later if you live here, you'll find yourself backed up against a hurricane.
"You don't like it, do you Rocco, the storm?" asks Frank McCloud, trapped in a run-down hotel with mobsters as a hurricane crashes over them in John Huston's 1948 film, "Key Largo." "Show it your gun, why don't you? If it doesn't stop, shoot it. Full Story
Cover yourself by understanding your insurance ahead of time
Early in the hurricane season — well before the first storm begins to churn in the Gulf of Mexico — is the time to assess and evaluate your home insurance needs. Many homeowners wait until a storm is imminent before they even think about their insurance, says Jack Powers, senior vice president for sales and public relations with Gulfshore Insurance, Inc. Full Story
BLUE GRASS INVASION
10 bands in lineup for all-day festival of pickin' and grinnin'
Bluegrass is one of those contradictory forms of music: It makes you feel good and bad, simultaneously. It's almost like Florida weather, the way it can pour rain while the sun stridently shines. Russ Morrison fell in love with bluegrass music in 1962. Full Story
Shirley Valentine a stage triumph
ARTS COMMENTARY
"In the middle of the road of my life I awoke in the dark wood when the true way was wholly lost." Dante Alighieri We all start out with such good intentions. And then, somewhere along the line — maybe at 40, maybe at 50, maybe on what had just seemed an average day — we look up and wonder: This is my life? How did I drift so far off course? Full Story
Home-price declines decelerating in hard-hit states
Cape Coral-Fort Myers home prices down 26 percent
National housing prices fell 11.5 percent in March compared to a year ago, down slightly from an 11.7 annual percent decline in February, according to newly released data from real estate data source First American CoreLogic and its Home Price Index. Full Story
Beazer Homes holding three-day sales event
Beazer Homes will offer some of its best deals of the year at its new home communities in Florida, including three in the Fort Myers-Naples area during the builder's "Buy Low, Live Smart" sales event, June 12 to 14. Full Story
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