A visitor enters We Rock The Spectrum Kid’s Gym and is greeted by a tiny voice.“Hi,” Zara Patel says, her brown eyes look right at…

Despite being a successful athlete, bar and restaurant owner and sales executive for a computer company, Kevin Gallagher always wanted to write a book about…

Voting is now closed! Thanks to everyone who voted for their favorite image from Southwest Florida! The winner of the People’s Choice Award will be…

Like all celebrations during a pandemic, graduations will be dramatically altered this year. With the closing of campuses in March, students exchanged athletic tournaments, academic…

As Father’s Day approaches, many people wonder how they will make the men in their lives feel special this year. While watches are a popular…

New Horizons of Southwest Florida joined a short list of lucky, local nonprofits that held annual fundraisers before the pandemic shut down gatherings in mid-March.…

In the 22 years his restaurant has been open for business in Estero, Michael Fattah has cherished the relationships he’s developed with his regulars at…

Income loss to local entertainment venues arrived swiftly: the region’s peak season for events suddenly halted to zero as coronavirus precautions rushed in. Shock reverberated…

By D. K. Christi Planning for forever got a kickstart at the inaugural celebration to mark the founding of the Estero Forever Foundation. The February…

By Craig Handel When neighbors and strangers started flexing upon seeing Fort Myers baseball team owner Andy Kaufmann, he knew they connected with the new…

By D. K. Christi Bower School of Music & the Arts at Florida Gulf Coast University has a bright future as seen through the vision…