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Tim Aten Knows: Restaurants continue to come and go
Q: Was wondering if you possibly knew when Havana Libre at Founders Square would be opening up? —Stephen Christ, North Naples. A: A new local restaurant, Havana Libre Cuban Cuisine, plans to launch Friday, Aug. 23, in The Plaza at Founders Square, the Collier County retail strip anchored by Sunshine Ace Hardware on the southeast corner of Immokalee Road and Collier Boulevard.
Wildlife underpass needed at Railhead Scrub Preserve
A heartbreaking, contradictory trend is becoming increasingly popular in modern Florida: Wildlife preserves are not being properly protected. What was once designated as pristine habitat worthy of strict protection is now being fragmented by development, somehow remaining a preserve despite the consequences of the human influence on the flora and fauna that live there. ...
Naples entrepreneur to be featured on reality competition show for startup companies
Joe Nugent, founder and owner of Naples-based Joe the Home Pro Home Inspections, will demonstrate his entrepreneurial prowess as he competes in the upcoming season of “The Blox.” Described as “Shark Tank” meets “The Apprentice,” The Blox is a competition show for entrepreneurs of startup companies nationwide—at any stage and from any industry. Nugent was among 115 participants selected from a pool of approximately 40,000 applicants. Filmed in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at the end of February and hosted by reality star and entrepreneur Wes Bergman, Season 13 of the series will begin streaming Sept. 1 on Prime Video and Facebook Watch. Participants compete in a week-long boot camp with various exercises, pitches and tests focused on entrepreneurial themes, such as fundraising, growth hacking and inbound marketing. Joe the Home Pro Home Inspections is a fully licensed, bonded and insured home inspection company with a service area spanning Marco Island to Punta Gorda.
Ghost orchid photo earns Brian Zepeda silver award
A lengthy trek through the swamp paid off for Brian Zepeda with an award-winning photograph and a mystery. Zepeda, Naples Council/Board liaison, took home a silver award for best photography in the single feature image category at the 2024 Charlie Awards on July 26. How he was nominated remains unclear.
Best SW Florida reader photos include Bunch Beach, Naples and Cape Coral nature pics
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‘Watts for Dinner’: Bahama Breeze — A taste of the Caribbean comes to Naples
Our next dining destination takes us a little farther away than usual, but I promise, it’s worth it. We’ve been going to Bahama Breeze for years now, both in Miami and Fort Myers. Now, it’s closer than ever, with a new location at Coastland Center in Naples.
Help is here to bring back the least terns in Sanibel
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Multiple agencies are coming together to build bird nests for least terns along the Sanibel Causeway after decades of unstable numbers. “Due to human activity and weather and storms and tides and stuff like that, that, they failed again in the '90s and didn't come back until last year,” Sanibel Captival Conservation Foundation shorebird biologist Aaron White said.
Coyote Depredation Rates Down with Additional Treatments
The Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation presented a summary of findings regarding the damage coyotes on the island are doing to the turtle and bird nesting populations. With new programs featuring rebar anchor stakes, caging, and, with permission from the Fish & Wildlife Commission, the use of habanero pepper, the depredation rates are down.
Food News: New on Marco Island; dining deals and boozy dinners
Off-season is always slow, but this year seems exceptionally so, forcing some restaurant owners to get creative with their deals and dining events. Several events may sell out quickly, including one channeling Ernest Hemingway. What about a trip to Argentina's wine country via one of JLB's best new restaurants?. You'll...
Protecting the Matanzas Pass Preserve with planting event
On Saturday, the Matanzas Pass Preserve teamed up with the Florida Native Plant Society to create an educational barrier island, grow native plants and a butterfly garden. Matanzas Pass Preserve is a sixty-acre preserve located on the seven-mile-long barrier island of Estero. The preserve is one of the few undeveloped,...
Migratory Sanderling resighted on Sanibel Island
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — This summer, the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation (SCCF) Shorebird Team had a notable sighting of a sanderling known as 4MC, originally banded in Ica, Peru, in 2018. This marks the second time SCCF has observed 4MC on Sanibel, with the first sighting occurring in 2022. 4MC...
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