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Florida Gulfside 13U volleyball team makes history, brings home national championship
NAPLES, Fla. — Every team in every sport always has the same ultimate goal: to win a championship. Over the past 10 years, Florida Gulfside Volleyball Academy has shown its prowess in tournaments across the country. The Naples-based club volleyball program has earned several bids to compete at the...
FWC participating in Operation Dry Water; heightened BUI enforcement, education on dangers of impaired boating
Operation Dry Water is a year-round national effort to educate recreational boaters about the dangers of boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. A heightened enforcement during the holiday weekend of Thursday through Saturday, July 4-6, will see Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and other law enforcement partners focusing efforts on Boating Under the Influence detection and enforcement. The mission of Operation Dry Water is to reduce the...
Florida nonprofit encourages HIV testing beyond Pride Month
TAMPA, Fla. — A leader in the Bay Area’s LGBTQIA+ community is using her voice at her day job to make sure her community is safe. Advocates with HIV and STI awareness nonprofit Positively U are reminding people of the importance of testing year-round. According to the latest...
Naples Museum Received WWII Flag
Created by Concentration Camp Inmates for Their American Liberators. The Holocaust Museum and Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center has received a very special World War II-era artifact – the “Nordhausen Flag.” The flag, created in 1945 by the newly liberated Nordhausen concentration camp inmates, was presented to the American troops who liberated them. The flag used a “stars and stripes” design in honor of the U.S. troops. The flag will be on permanent loan to the Museum from American Legion Post 38, Rabe O. Wilkison Chapter located in Fort Myers, FL. The Flag Presentation ceremony and reception took place yesterday July 1, 2024.
Man causes chaos in Naples restaurant
The Playback API request failed for an unknown reason. Unknown catalog request error. Session ID: 2024-07-03:1b469d868b5f745861d341e3 Player Element ID: 6356354450112. Oliver Oxenham was arrested Saturday afternoon after creating chaos at Vergina in Naples. “About 5:30, right in the middle of a dinner rush, we get a call from Vergina’s restaurant...
"It's all we have": Extended water park closure in Naples frustrates locals
Sun-N-Fun is closed indefinitely as it undergoes repairs. Fox 4's Mahmoud Bennett spoke to neighbors frustrated about the water park being closed just a year after it had undergone renovations.
Ritz-Carlton's terrific dining deal, July 4th eats, French feasts, wine fest news, more
Channeling Bill Hader’s brilliant Stefon character from SNL, this week’s news has all the bells and whistles from a terrific deal in July that doesn’t require eating at 5 p.m. to fun foodie events celebrating two countries’ independence. There’s also an announcement about the famous top toque for the Naples Winter Wine Festival’s 25th anniversary and other charitable activities at local restaurants. ...
Birth, death certificates affected by Florida health system outage
Floridians may have to wait longer to get birth and death certificates as the state Department of Health deals with server issues. State tax collectors’ offices and funeral homes say they haven’t been able to access the online system needed to issue certificates since last week. They say...
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