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Senior center receives $260K boost for dementia care and mental health. What that means
Baker Senior Center Naples has been awarded $260,000 from the state to address demand for dementia respite support and mental health counseling. The funding comes from the state Department of Elder Affairs, which receives numerous requests from elder-related organizations around the state, said Jaclynn Faffer, president and chief executive officer of the Baker center.
TCPalm wins 8 FSNE awards for best journalism published in 2023
TCPalm won eight awards in the Florida Society of News Editors' annual contest recognizing the best journalism published in 2023, which were presented Thursday at the 2024 Florida Media Conference in Orlando. Among TCPalm's awards, five were for first place, one was for second place and two were for third place. ...
JetBlue adding new flights from Florida to New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine. Here's where
JetBlue has announced it's adding new Florida flights, bringing their totals up to more than 225 daily flights from airports in Florida by February. This comes after JetBlue cut some flights in Florida. Eight routes from Fort Lauderdale were eliminated in June, a Miami-Los Angeles flight was dropped and the airline announced this week it was canceling a direct flight service from Tallahassee to Fort Lauderdale, due to a "lack of customer demand." ...
Southwest Florida's growing zones shift north as planet warms; so do half of rest of U.S.
As Earth's thermostat rises, the places where certain plants grow best are shifting north — but most farmers and gardeners don't need to uproot their routines just yet. The U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its map of growing zones relied on by millions of farmers and gardeners nationwide to determine if they remain within the viability zone for their variety of crops or plants.
‘A complete disgrace’: Gov. DeSantis speaks out against US Capitol protests
Governor Ron DeSantis took a break from highlighting Florida's "Back to School" sales tax holiday to speak out against the crowds that gathered to protest Israel's war in Gaza outside of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday.
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