Where the WILD THINGS REALLY ARE
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS CHOCK FULL OF CRAZY CREATURES. FIND OUT WHERE.
W HEN FLORIDA WEEKLY BROKE THE NEWS A year ago that roughly 1 million people now live in the region, defining it as an urban core (see Florida Weekly, Oct. 22, 2008), the paper may have missed the point completely. True, the numbers are astounding, and probably climbing quickly out of date. By next year, roughly 1. Full Story
Florida Weekly writers, ad designers win top honors
Newspaper earns 17 state awards
Florida Weekly took home 17 awards recently in Florida newspaper contests recognizing the best writing and advertising design in the state. Full Story
County job losses leave remaining staff stressed
Like bars emptying out at closing time, the lobbies of Lee and Collier county building departments grew quiet. The crowds that came for building permits, the primary source of income for government building departments, started disappearing in 2007. The dramatic decline appears to be over, administrators say. Full Story
Larry Norris to open new furniture store in Fort Myers
Larry Norris, a cornerstone name in the furniture marketplace, is opening his first store in the area in more than a decade. Norris Home Furnishings will open by year-end in a 20,000-square-foot showroom at 14125 South Tamiami Trail in Fort Myers. He will also have a 36,000-square-foot warehouse to have most orders ready for quick delivery. Full Story
Word Art
Book a trip to Naples to see this exquisite Bible and other unique, handmade volumes
T ECHNO-GEEKS PROclaim the book is dead. Read everything online, they insist. Who needs books? Read them on a Kindle instead. But a visit to "The St. John's Bible and The Art of the Book" exhibit at the Naples Museum of Art might well convince you that any declarations of the death of books are certainly premature. Full Story
The Commodores to headline 7th annual Edison POPS concert
Tickets are on sale for Edison State College's seventh annual Edison POPS @ Sunset Concert on Saturday, Oct. 24, featuring the legendary Commodores with the Edison College POPS Strings. Tickets can be purchased through the Edison POPS Web site, www.edisonpops. com. Full Story
TV's Extreme Makeover casting in Fort Myers
Nomination deadline set for Oct. 16
Do you know a family whose home deserves an Extreme Makeover? If so, the producers of ABC's "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" want to hear from you. Ty Pennington and his crew have been all across the map and now they want to drive that famous bus to Fort Myers. Full Story
Lutgert completes Tavira tower by Estero Bay Park
Tavira, the sixth of eight planned luxury towers by The Lutgert Companies in Bonita Bay, has passed its final governmental inspections. Adjacent to Estero Bay Park, the 26-story condominium has 90 residences ranging from 3,517 to 4,146 square feet of air-conditioned living space. Full Story
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