3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (283+ words) The JW Marriott Marco Island Beach Resort will host the inaugural Island Chef: Pantry Challenge, a culinary competition benefiting Our Daily Bread Food Pantry, at 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 12. The event will “bring together local island chefs for a high-energy, live cook-off…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (417+ words) A team of cardiac specialists at Naples Comprehensive Health are deep in planning and policy reviews for pursuing approvals to perform heart transplants. Offering services for advanced heart failure patients would improve access and relieve patients and their families of…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1761+ words) Dr. Zachary Hothem realized something disturbing while making his rounds in the trauma unit at Gulf Coast Medical Center in Fort Myers. The occasional patient a year or two ago injured while riding an electric bicycle, or e-bike, is now…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (24+ words) Marco Eagle Do I need insurance for exterior electric, water lines in Florida?...

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1+ week, 6+ day ago   (380+ words) Hospitals around the country are warning patients of a phishing scam involving the “MyChart” patient portal. So far Lee Health and Naples Comprehensive Health, the two largest hospitals in Lee and Collier counties, say they don’t have reports of patients…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1705+ words) After discussion and debate, the Collier County Planning Commission put its support behind a proposed mixed-use development with workforce housing in East Naples. With a host of conditions, planning commissioners voted unanimously to recommend approval of the project to the…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (434+ words) The third accomplice in the 2023 attempted murders of a renowned swamp buggy racer and her boyfriend reversed his plea and learned he will spend more than a decade in prison. Collier Circuit Judge John McGowan on Aug. 20 sentenced Julian Wolf,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (490+ words) Marco Island seeks applicants for the audit advisory committee; which provides input to the City Council regarding the city’s annual financial audit, performance and engages with external auditors. One resident will be selected to complete a vacated term, ending June…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (362+ words) Federal public health officials warned the summer months could be bad for Lyme disease and numbers bear that out in Florida, a state not known for the tick-borne illness. Weekly data from the state Department of Health show there have…...