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Interior designer a working snowbird

Considering the sheer number of snowbirds who flock to Southwest Florida each winter, it should perhaps come as no surprise they exert a gravitational pull on businesses up north.

 

In the Know: Project burying utility cables

The Vanderbilt Beach area project to bury lines for Florida Power & Light, Century Link, Comcast and Summit Broadband utilities will not be completed until the second quarter of 2016.

 

Young NASCAR driver on fast track for success

On Oct. 10, he'll be gunning for the coveted Super Late Model Championship at DeSoto Speedway in Bradenton.

 

High-end housing booming on Marco Island

Wealthy buyers also took note when the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort, Golf Club & Spa undertook a $250 million face-lift.

 

Deputies: Driver switched seats with passenger

The driver was jailed with charges including fleeing arrest.

 

Annual pet blessing for dogs, cats, hamsters

Although “most cats are petrified,” Bodley said the owners usually have a good understanding of their pets’ character.

 

Dennis Brown: Flying high through philanthrophy

When Dennis Brown was 17, his sisters got him flying lessons as a high school graduation present.

 

Purple lights for domestic violence awareness

Purple spotlights will color the front of the newspaper’s headquarters during nights in October.

 

Naples art collector Olga Hirshhorn has died

Olga Hirshhorn, a Naples art collector and the wife of Joseph Hirshhorn of the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., has died.

 

Marco triathlon draws 400 to island Sunday

Organizers were forced to scrap the swim this year because of hazardous water conditions.

 

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