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Largest of Florida's pet pests invade Everglades BY ROGER _WILLIAMS _____ rwilliams@florida-weekly.com Suppose you could buy a legal firework as long as your hand, and grow it to be a two-story force of nature before igniting it? Well you can't, so forget it. But what you can do is buy a python. Burmese pythons are particularly popular for about $40 wholesale or just under $100 in a pet store, at... More ...
Wholesale store sells coffins BY ELLA NAYOR enayor@florida-weekly.com Dying isn't quite what it used to be. The days of seeing a funeral director in a dark, pin stripe suit showing a grief-stricken family around a showroom of caskets and embellished urns are seemingly passé. Now folks can peruse stores like global wholesale retailer Costco and online sites su... More ...
BY EVAN _WILLIAMS Florida Weekly Correspondent Eight months after the disappearance of the infant Bryan dos Santos-Gomes on Dec. 1, the basic details of his story, built by a flurry of media reports in the weeks following his abduction, remain unchanged. More ...
Lee Memorial funds future employees education BY MICHELLE L. START Correspondent Tara Morales has always been interested in science and the human body, so a career in nursing made sense. After high school, she began taking some of the pre-requisite classes while waiting tables and tending bar. Then in 2001, she dropped out to take care of her father, who had kidney disease. More ...
The inimitable Israel Suarez and his Nations Association Charity BY EVAN _WILLIAMS Florida Weekly Correspondent The Reverend Israel Suarez exists, he said, to help people who cannot help themselves. As executive director and founder of the nonprofit Nations Association Charities, he is a blustery whirlwind of activity and bravura charisma in his old, blue work clothes, thick glasses and trademark spotty En... More ...
$250,000 gift buys new equipment BY MICHELLE _L. _START Florida Weekly Correspondent One third of Lee County's deaths every year are attributed to heart disease. Although lower than the national rate of 42 percent, it is still a number that concerns local medical officials. They're hoping a $250,000 donation from Lex and Eileen Roulston to the Heart & Vascular Institute Cardiac ... More ...
Habitat for Humanity of Lee County will dedicate four new homes in Lehigh Acres on Saturday, Aug. 4. The four dedications will be split into three ceremonies with the first one beginning at 9 a.m. at 2505 70th Street, Lehigh Acres. Sharon James and her two children is the recipient of this home. More ...
The Edison & Ford Winter Estates offers a variety of children and adult programs, special exhibits, discounts and events throughout the month of August. The August schedule of programs and events include: • Mini Inventors Camp, Aug. 6 - 10, 10 a.m. - noon - Every morning budding scienti... More ...
Former New York tugboat, sunk in Lee waters in 1999, rusting away BY MICHELLE _L. _START Florida Weekly Correspondent Salt water, poorly constructed welding seems, low grade steel, waves and rough weather are taking a toll on one of Lee County's artificial reefs. "The Pegasus is falling apart," said Sanibel resident Caroline Semerjian, 37, who recently dove the wreck. "It is disintegrating in the salt water. More ...
Rotary South names new officers Every year in July, more than 32,000 Rotary Clubs worldwide have a change of watch. The Rotary Club of Fort Myers South recently held their annual banquet and installed its new officers. Pete Doragh was named president; Bo Turbeville, president-elect; Victor Mayeron, secretary; Jack Chancellor, S... More ...
Foulds Foundation donates for new detox center SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY news@florida-weekly.com The Claiborne and Ned Foulds Foundation has awarded a $50,000 grant to Southwest Florida Addiction Services in support of its capital campaign to build a new Detoxification Center and Outpatient Treatment Facility. The grant will be used to help equip the facility's new kitchen, which will be nam... More ...
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Lee County Parks & Recreation has received an Agency Excellence Award from the Florida Recreation and Parks Association along with three other statewide awards. The awards will be presented at the annual FRPA conference banquet Thursday, Aug. 30, in Orlando. More ...
SPECIAL TO FLORIDA WEEKLY Edison College's program for dental assistants and dental hygienists recently received accreditation with commendation by the American Dental Association's Commission on Dental Accreditation with no recommendations for improvements. More ...
Better to aid disaster victims BY MICHELLE L. START Florida Weekly Correspondent Should another hurricane hit Southwest Florida, the Salvation Army will be better prepared to meet the community needs thanks to the purchase of a new canteen. More ... Copyright © 2007—2008 Florida Media Group LLC. |
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