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Brent Batten: No action on group's inaction

More than half of the $20,000 the group poured into the race on behalf of two candidates favored by the local firefighters union wasn’t disclosed until months after the election was over.

 

Eldercare: How to manage a so-called crisis

Dear Judie: Ever since Mom, 85, moved to St. Petersburg she keeps calling with one emergency after another. The good news is there were no emergencies; the bad news is I always drop everything and run to help her. I vowed not to go again, but realized I'd be guessing. How do I find out if she really needs help?

 

Memory: Is nicotine friend or foe?

We appear to need our pick-me-ups, which creates a love-hate relationship with stimulants. Caffeine has been, at times, the source of ill health and, at others, a "health food." The widespread use of caffeine also begs the question of whether all "addictions" are bad as well as the question of what is an addiction.

 

Family Law: Don't delay a life worth living

Are you living the life you want? Every client of mine would likely answer "no," at least initially. If they were living the life they wanted, then it would likely follow that their marriage would be a harmonious and empowering union.

 

AP Source: Spurrier retiring from South Carolina

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has told his players that he is retiring, effective immediately.

 

Mystery fitness center coming to Naples

A private investor has purchased more elbow room than he needs for a new fitness and training center in Naples.

 

PrepZone Preview Show: Week 8

Naples Daily multimedia journalist J. Scott Butherus and analyst John Weber are at South Fort Myers to get you ready for Week 8 of the high school football season in Southwest Florida.

 

Former Fla. first lady drops by Ave Maria

Columba Bush, the wife of former Republican governor and 2016 presidential hopeful Jeb Bush, visited the eastern Collier County university Monday. A spokeswoman for the university said the brief visit was not a campaign stop.

 

Editorial: Unity for superintendent, school site

If there’s a more difficult job than public schools superintendent in any county in Florida, we’re not sure what it is.

 

Naples a shelter from the flood for 31 dogs

Thirty-one dogs are looking for a second chance at life after being relocated to Naples from shelters in the flooded regions of South Carolina and eastern Georgia.

 

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