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The Naples Municipal Airport signed a contract with Elite Airways to offer commercial flights two days a week from Naples to Newark, N.J., Executive Director Ted Soliday said Thursday. The aircraft will fit 70 passengers and tentative plans include morning departures from the city and afternoon return flights from Newark.

Naples Daily News reporter Adam Fisher discusses Week 8 of high school football action in Southwest Florida.

Medicare open enrollment begins today. Plus we have details on the annual Flesher Farm Christmas display.

This is the stone archway on Tamiami Trail that used to mark the boundary between Collier and Dade counties, taken around 1928. The archway was removed in 1958 when the road was widened. Photo courtesy of the State Archives of Florida.

The orange tiger cat had run away from the Greiners' seasonal residence in Naples in October 1994 but managed to find his way home to Columbus, Ohio, in December 1995, just in time for Christmas.

True to farce, there are slamming doors and quickie romances, ghastly Depression-era drinks such as Ovaltine and plenty of song.

President Barack Obama will keep 5,500 U.S. troops in Afghanistan when he leaves office in 2017, according to senior administration officials, casting aside his promise to end the war on his watch and instead ensuring he hands the conflict off to his successor.

The holder of a Fantasy 5 ticket purchased in Fort Myers wins $114,000 in the Florida lottery game.

Email me your five favorite albums to dave.osborn@naplesnews.com. Again, these aren’t what you think are the best but which mean the most to you.