Welcome to Florida Weekly's Best special section
Typical "Best of" sections in local newspapers require merchants to buy ads to have their names placed on the ballot. No ad, no chance to win. That's not our style here at Florida Weekly. We wanted to create a Best of Lee County that was fun, entertaining and untainted by commerce. We didn't care if a merchant advertised with us or not. Full Story
Southwest Florida brainpower pairs with leading thinkers
Southwest Florida is known for many things, but rigorous intellectual debate involving the great issues of the day is not among them. Abundant sunshine, sandy beaches, first-class golf courses and a relaxed, subtropical lifestyle are the underpinnings of the region's renown. In other words, if you've got the bucks, Southwest Florida is the place to tune-out and tee-up. Full Story
FOURTH OF JULY
Bonita lights up the night with laser light show As darkness falls on Saturday, July 4, the Bonita Springs night sky will come alive with a unique and spectacular laser light show highlighting Independence Day 2009. Full Story
KOVELS: ANTIQUES & COLLECTING
Pancake server or cheese stand? Who knows?
Several museums have "What is it?" exhibits that display unusual items in the hope that someone will recognize a rarely used specialized tool or a pot for an ethnic dish unfamiliar to us today. Recently we saw a 12½-inch-diameter jasperware dish with an 8-inch-high cover sold at auction as a "pancake server. Full Story
Symposium on human slavery continues with program by former congresswoman
As part of its Human Slavery Symposium Series, Florida Gulf Coast University presents "Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking - Identification and Response to the Victims" from 8:30 a.m. to noon Thursday, July 30, at the Sugden Welcome Center on the campus at FGCU. The program is free and open to the public. Full Story
Germain Arena ranks in Top 10 Minor League Venues
Germain Arena, the Florida Everblades' home arena, has been named as a Top Ten Minor League Venue in an online poll conducted by MLN Sports. Full Story
Grace Community Center opens new facility to public
The Grace Community Center has opened a state-of-the art Event Center available for event rentals. The facility, located at the corner of Hancock Bridge Parkway and Orange Grove Boulevard in North Fort Myers, is accepting reservations for upcoming events. Full Story
'ed2go' classes available online through FGCU
Florida Gulf Coast University's Office of Continuing Education offers a program that makes it easy to take highquality, non-credit online courses. FGCU has partnered with "ed2go" to offer hundreds of online, instructor-facilitated courses, and announces the launch of Introduction to Photoshop CS4. Full Story
Hope HealthCare offers new Parkinson program
Edward Steinmetz, M.D. named program's medical director
Hope HealthCare Services president and CEO Samira K. Beckwith has announced the introduction of the Hope Parkinson Program, the only Parkinson support program in Lee County. Ms. Beckwith named Edward F. Steinmetz, M.D., as the program's medical director. Steinmetz has been affiliated with Neurology Associates of Lee County since 1973, where he will continue to practice. Full Story
GreenMarket features organic fish, produce
Joining the trend to "Go Green," the Lee County Alliance of the Arts is offering a weekly GreenMarket on Saturday mornings. Products for sale are certified organic and fresh from the sea, farm, oven, kitchen, and even the bee hive. Full Story
Sheriff's office issues pointers about debit card fraud
Imagine receiving a text message from your bank confirming you have deactivated your debit card. It says if you have any questions, you should contact the bank. Of course, you immediately call the number in the text message to say you have not deactivated your debit card. The person on the line is apologetic and offers to instantly reactivate your debit card. Full Story
'Shred Day' on tap at Fla. Community Bank
Florida Community Bank and Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida Inc. will host a free shredding event Thursday, June 25, at FCB's North Cape Coral Branch on Del Prado Boulevard from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Goodwill's Secure Document Destruction service will be on hand to accept personal papers and other sensitive documents that will be shredded for free. Full Story
Junior League making plans for 27th Taste of the Town Nov. 8
The Junior League of Fort Myers has set the date for the 27th annual Taste of the Town festival. The event will be held Sunday, Nov. 8, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers. Full Story
Lee County honored by state planning and zoning association
The Florida Planning & Zoning Association has given its Long Range Study Award of Excellence to Lee County for the Lehigh Acres Comprehensive Planning Study. The FPZA presented the honor to the Lee County Community Development staff June 12 in Tampa during its annual conference. Full Story
This week on WGCU TV
. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24 9 p.m. "The Music Instinct: Science and Song" New work in neuroscience is giving us clues to the mysteries of how and why music penetrates the brain and the emotions. . THURSDAY, JUNE 25 8 p.m. Full Story
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