Seeing red
Tomato prices plummet after bumper crop
EXPECT TO PAY LESS FOR A LOCALLY grown tomato in the coming weeks. Bumper crops in Florida and in Mexico — America’s two major winter producers — are pushing down prices at area supermarkets and farm stands. Full Story
Hispanic chamber reaches out with festival
The Southwest Florida’s Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and Univision Southwest Florida will host the Viva Cape Coral! festival from 5-10 p.m. Saturday, May 5, on 47th Terrace between 10th Place and Coronado Parkway. The event is free and open to the public. Full Story
Create a plan to handle another equity crisis
MONEY & INVESTING
The average investor has no plan to address another financial crisis.
That non-plan is a great plan as long as you are certain there will not be another equity crisis during the years in which you are retired or saving/investing for retirement.
But if you are connected with current news, then you are well aware of a host of possible crises on the horizon. x Full Story
Home-Tech funds Habitat home
Home-Tech, a local air conditioning and major appliances service and sales company, recently donated funds received through the Community Contribution Tax Credit Program to Habitat for Humanity of Lee and Hendry Counties. With its total contribution of $50,000 this year, Home-Tech is funding a Habitat home in Lehigh Acres and the company’s employees are helping to build it. Full Story
Bank boosts Facebook ‘likes’ for charity
Florida Gulf Bank has launched a social media campaign on Facebook to benefit United Way. In addition to the bank’s annual campaign efforts, it has promised to match $1 for every “like” on its Facebook page up to 1,000 likes. The money raised will be donated to the United Way of Lee, Hendry and Glades counties. Full Story
‘Cake Boss’ visits local cupcake shop
TLC’s famed “Cake Boss,” Buddy Valastro, stopped in to sample the goodies at Grace and Shelly’s new cupcake store at 537 fifth Ave. in Naples. Mr. Valastro, star of the popular television show “Cake Boss,” is one of the most successful and renowned cake artists in the United States and is master baker at Carlo’s City Hall Bake Shop in Hoboken, N.J. Full Story
Families find support for living with Alzheimer’s
A support group specifically for families of nursing home and assisted living facility residents will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 20, at the Dubin Alzheimer’s Resource Center, 10051 McGregor Blvd. Suite 101, Fort Myers. Full Story
Arthritis treatment practice comes to Fort Myers
OsteoArthritis Centers of America has opened its newest medical center at 29 Barkley Circle in Fort Myers. The practice specializes in the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis, degenerative joint disease and other musculoskeletal and pain related conditions using non-invasive procedures to help avoid or repair joint replacement. Full Story
Specialists to provide free skin cancer checks
Spring Swing-Moffitt’s Sun Safety Tour is a partnership of Moffitt Cancer Center and the Tampa Bay Rays offering free skin cancer screenings at specified baseball spring training venues in March. The tour comes to Fort Myers from 1-3 p.m. Saturday, March 24, when the Tampa Bay Devil Rays play the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium. Full Story
Bonita Bay Marina marks 10 years of Clean Marina Program
For the 10th consecutive year, Bonita Bay Marina, the full-service marina adjacent to the Bonita Bay community in Bonita Springs, received certification from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection for the Clean Marina Program, designed to bring awareness to marine facilities and boaters regarding environmentally friendly practices intended to protect and preserve Florida’s nat Full Story
Symposium to tackle Parkinson advice and issues
The Hope Parkinson Program will present an educational seminar for those living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 17. Participants in the 2012 Parkinson Symposium will learn more about the disease and how to improve their quality of life. A representative from the Michael J. Full Story
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