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Photo Gallery: Lee County Felony Arrests 03-11-10

Name: Arbo, Brian R. Charge: Embezzle Misapprop Constr Funds $20,000 To $100,000 Dollars Residence: Bonita Springs Age: 52 Follow this case online: Lee County Clerk of Courts Please note: Most cases require 2-3 days to be inputted into the public court [...]

Experts say US doctors overtesting, overtreating

Too much cancer screening, too many heart tests, too many cesarean sections. A spate of recent reports suggest that too many Americans — maybe even President Barack Obama — are being overtreated. Is it doctors practicing defensive medicine? Or are patients so accustomed to a culture of medical technology that they insist on extensive tests and [...]

Our World: Bringing smiles to all, especially those most in need of a laugh

You really don’t have much of a choice when a good clown is in the room. Being bombarded with a certain quality of ridiculousness, you can’t help but feel better. Literally. Laughter Unlimited is a crew of entertainers from the Sarasota Circus who are purveyors of clowning. “Humor Therapy” is what they sell with the purpose of improving the health and well-being of those who need it most. [...]

Orchids in training: Naples show and sale set for March 19, 2010

Pleading with their plants to go from bud to bloom, begging their plants to hold off opening flowers fully until next week, local hobby growers of orchids are anticipating the annual Naples Orchid Show and Sale next Friday (March 19, [...]

Get Growing: The garden calendar

Here is this week’s Get Growing garden calendar (beginning Friday, March 12, [...]

Immokalee farmworkers still in desperate need for basic necessities following crop freeze

The Salvation Army of Collier County still needs food for Immokalee [...]

Home Front

Here is this week’s (beginning Friday, March 12, 2010) Home Front [...]

Mac 411: Keep sensitive files in a ’safe’

I have sensitive files (personnel, finance, etc) in my computer. I use a strong password to logon to my computer but worry that someone could view the data when I carry it in a thumb drive if I lose the [...]

Techno Buddy: ‘Death screen’ may come from outside

We keep getting the “blue screen of death” on our computer. We took the computer to a shop and they said everything looked good, no viruses or [...]

Make it Green: Light’s power comes from the illumination, not the fixture

Surely magic is involved when a simple switch conjures the powerful mood of Willie Nelson’s “Stardust.” Magic is involved, too, when the addition of night illumination transforms a garden. Lighting is a frequent reader question, [...]

Creative Interiors: Keep light as natural as possible

Let me try to light up your life — that would be by means of illumination, of course. Starting from the basics, we know lighting is essential. And just as certain rooms in our homes have specific uses, so, too, do the lights we use. [...]

Casino resorts in Florida? Las Vegas group makes pitch to bring in revenue without Seminole deal

Auctioning off eight licenses to operate Las Vegas-style casinos could produce $2.3 billion in upfront revenue for Florida — more than triple the state’s cut under the next most lucrative proposal, the Legislature’s top economist told a House gambling panel [...]

American Idol blog: Naples native Paige Miles makes it into final 12

After a performance that put her squarely in risk of being cut from the show, Naples-native Paige Miles managed to make her way into the “American Idol” final [...]

Police Beat: March 11, 2010

To report a crime or suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Naples Police and Fire Department at 213-4844, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office at 774-4434, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at (239) 477-1000 or the Marco Island Police Department at 389-5050. [...]

VIDEO: Former Blue Martini waitress claims to be victim of spiked drink; suspects bartenders

Now the 26-year-old college student and married mother, who claims to be a former Blue Martini waitress, believes she was drugged at the restaurant. Fisher is one of 26 people who have filed reports with the Collier County Sheriff’s Office all with similar [...]

Bonita Springs pastor accused of misusing $60,000 of church money

Henry Judy, 53, pastor of Life Point Church on 28340 Trails Edge Blvd., denied the allegations and said a complaint filed with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office was made by one of a group of congregants who left the church late last [...]

High-end Aqua condo development in North Naples attracting buyers again

Lenders have taken control of Aqua, a high-end condo in North Naples, and sales are gearing up again. The resort-style development off Wiggins Pass Road is generating interest from buyers with prices at half of what they were in presales a few years [...]

Get blue in Bonita Springs with music fest

There is not a style of instrumental or vocal music that the blues have not touched. There is a universality about it, and that’s likely one of the reasons the Bonita Springs Blues Festival is heading into its fourth year. Everyone loves the blues. And, at one time or another, everyone has the [...]

The Movie Dude: ‘Chill’ with a few good friends

The way I see it, there are two stages we reach in life — more and less. The first stage is when we all think we’re experiencing the best days of our lives. We know it all and we’re all too happy to make everyone else aware of it. The second stage would be when you realize that those were, in fact, the best days of your life and you were that happy not because you knew everything but because you knew nothing at all. The bad thing about reaching the second stage is that now you know too much. That’s a big theme of “The Big Chill,” a comedic drama about a group of college friends who reunite 15 years later for a long [...]

Moraya Bay: “No more cones”; beach protest called off

After the embattled Vanderbilt Beach condo said it wanted to bring an end to the private beach controversy, Commissioner Jim Coletta says there’s no need to continue with protest planned for [...]