the many faces of halloween
Pagans, Christians, vendors celebrate with twists on festival with ancient roots
AT MIDNIGHT ON OCT. 31, WHEN THE VEIL BETWEEN the worlds of living and lost stretches thinnest, office manager and Neapolitan Rhiannon Ravenhawk will slip into the other world or at least ask permission to “cross.” —
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Behind the scenes at a Haunted Walk
Calusa’s ghostly event returns to Lee County
Sunset descended over the Calusa Nature Center & Planetarium’s pine woods on the opening night of the Haunted Walk. A disparate cast of volunteers worked for months to turn a half-mile loop, deep within the center’s 105 acres in Fort Myers, into an Otherworld. Full Story
Harvesting stone crabs is hard work, big business
Paul Gladding harvests stone crab claws, a delicacy brought up almost exclusively from waters off the coast of South Florida. In spite of a fractured and swollen wrist from a recent slip on his boat — and the fact that Mr. Gladding, 62, could retire comfortably — he went to work on Thursday before sunrise as usual. Full Story
FGCU’s Lutgert College named a top business school
Florida Gulf Coast University’s Lutgert College of Business is recognized once again as one of the best business schools in the nation according to The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the Lutgert College of Business in the recently published 2010 edition of its Best 301 Business Schools. Full Story
sanibel island writers conference
Florida’s native son: Carl Hiaasen talks about his bizarre novels
I USED TO THINK CARL HIAASEN WROTE FICTION. Then I moved to Florida.
And when I’d read the news or catch a local
newscast, I’d often find myself thinking: Oh my
God! I’m living in a Carl Hiaasen novel! All those
bumbling crooks, clueless tourists, laughably
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‘Grease’ opens at Mann Hall Nov. 3
Production features American Idol’s Taylor Hicks
After spending a hopelessly devoted summer with Sandy Dumbrowski, the new girl in town, Danny Zuko’s world is thrown upside down when Sandy appears at Rydell High on the first day of school. What follows is a rock n’ roll celebration of growin’ up, cruisin’ with friends and goin’ steady. Full Story
Members buy club at Bonita Bay’s Mediterra
The Mediterra Members’ Advisory Board and Bonita Bay Group agreed for the members of the New Club at Mediterra to purchase the combined club assets for $6.8 million in cash and assume the $15 million Community Development District debt. Full Story
Stock Development reports sales climbing
Stock Development issued a strong sales report for the first three quarters of 2009. From Jan. 1 through Sept. 30, Stock Development sold 193 new homes at its communities of Lely Resort, the 2009 CBIA Community of the Year, Paseo, the 2009 BIA Community of the Year, and Vivante in Punta Gorda. Full Story
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