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Pelican’s Pain Cave Produces Top Triathletes
Pre-dawn run at Estero Park By Hunter Dail When Ashley Corliss came to Estero a little more than 18 ...
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Football, Female & Fearless
Wrestler Becca Estero High athlete Becca Reisen forges her own path By Hunter Dail Becca Reisen may ...
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Meet Mama Gronk
The Gronkowski boys The manager mom behind Team Gronkowski By Cheryl Mandell Athletes aren’t born overnight. Even players with immense natural talent require plenty of training and preparation, not to mention familial support. Diane Gronkowski-Walters dove full-bore into her ...
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Are You a Pickler?
Bob Jeffreys Guide to Pickleball: America's fastest-growing sport By Tara September If you’ve been asked, “Do you pickle?”, chances are, the inquiry wasn’t about canning cucumbers. Pickleball is America's fastest-growing sport. In 2020, 4.2 million people played pickleball in ...
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7 Questions with Christopher Bernier, Lee County Schools’ New Superintendent
Christopher Bernier By Laura Cummings The School District of Lee County welcomes a new superintendent this school year. Christopher Bernier, PhD, returned to the Sunshine State after a stint in Las Vegas as chief of staff for the nation’s ...
Read More Pelican’s Pain Cave Produces Top Triathletes
Pre-dawn run at Estero Park By Hunter Dail When Ashley Corliss came to Estero a little more than 18 months ago to teach at Florida Gulf Coast University, she had no cycling experience and just a little bit of ...
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DINING
El Nido Modern Mexican: A Nest of Latin Flavors
| Dining Estero & SWFL
El Nido Interior By Autumn Gates Vibrant skeleton art, playful neon signs, and the fragrant aromas of an array of Latin cuisine – one ...
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The Bohemian: An Eclectic Dining Adventure of Flavorful Fusion
| Dining Estero & SWFL
The Bohemian exterior By Autumn Gates From the curb, The Bohemian looks minimalist with its clean, all-white exterior and aesthetic patio dining. Only the Zen statues near the door ...
Refreshing Eats for Summertime Heat
| Dining Estero & SWFL
By Cheryl Mandell It’s summertime, and the eatin’s easy! It seems there is a new quick-and-healthy eatery or juicery on every corner of Estero. Bahia Bowls, run by Florida ...
Bayfront’s Tantalizing Trio
| Dining Estero & SWFL
By Cheryl Mandell If you haven’t been to Bayfront in Naples lately, you’re in for some tasty surprises down at the bay. With revamped, remodeled ...
De Adriatico: A Taste of the Mediterranean on the Gulf Coast
| Dining Estero & SWFL
De Adriatico patio By Autumn Gates Chic and modern on the outside with a simple yet striking dining space, De Adriatico invites the community to ...
Village News
VILLAGE NEWS
Village Connection – Get Involved With the Budget Process
Get Involved With the Budget Process! Capital Improvement Plan The majority of the Village’s budget, 78 percent, appropriates funding ...
Village Connection – Capital Improvement Projects Planned for the Coming Year
| Village Connection
Via Coconut Point-Williams Road Landscaping The Village of Estero will continue to put a major ...
Village Connection – Hurricane Season in SWFL
| Village Connection
It’s that time again to prepare for hurricane season. It begins on June 1 and ...
Farewell to Estero Planner Howard Levitan
| People, Village Connection
Howard Levitan By Laura Gates Howard Levitan, one of Estero’s first elected Village Council ...
Publisher's Messages
Publisher's Messages
True Passion & Grit
| Publisher’s Messages
It is nearly everyone’s desire that, at some point in their lives, they discover the kind of true passion about something that converts ‘just a job’ into something they love so much it seldom resembles work. Having published Estero Life Magazine for 13 years and owned for the last six years, I have become truly passionate about celebrating and enhancing ...
Fun OUT of the Sun!
| Publisher’s Messages
Somewhere between the beginning of hurricane season (June 1) and the peak of the season (mid to late September), we annually experience smoldering summer heat. But this year, it seems we have been at the height of summer heat since, oh, about the beginning of the year! While much of the country is experiencing near-record heat, we can be thankful ...
All’s Well That Ends Well
| People, Publisher’s Messages
In a departure from my typical publisher’s message, and in honor of the recent Kelly Cup win by our Florida Everblades, I am offering an inside look at my other “persona.” Although recognized throughout the Village of Estero for being the face of Estero Life Magazine, I am regionally recognized as an accurate and “winning” National Anthem singer. I didn’t ...
Happy Birthday, Estero!
| Publisher’s Messages
Gary Israel, President & PublisherEstero Life Magazine My how time flies! It seems like only yesterday that the Village of Estero incorporated, and we elected our very first Village Council. For those of us living here at the time, it was a very proud moment. For those who have settled into Estero since that time, you will be surprised to ...