Audrey Powers plays pickleball at the Esteoro Rec Center with grandson Ben

Are You a Pickler?

August 1, 2022

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.…

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Go Red Luncheon at Grandezza

Listen to Your Heart – Two Women’s Tales of Hope and Caution

June 3, 2022

By Cheryl Mandell   Would you know if you were having a heart attack? Two Southwest Florida women, with two harrowing stories of survival, deliver…

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Golisano Children's Hospital 5th annivesary

Celebrating Golisano Children’s Hospital’s 5th Birthday

May 15, 2022

Happy fifth birthday to Golisano Children’s Hospital! The region’s only children’s hospital was once housed inside HealthPark Medical Center. In 2017, the children’s hospital became…

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Frank Schuler

Cycling Gains Traction in Estero

April 4, 2022

By D.K. Christi   Frank Schuler, 81, recently captured some media attention for cycling a whopping 3,500 miles last year—all in Estero. He wasn’t so…

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The Water School at FGCU

How FGCU’s Water School is Impacting Your Back Yard

February 3, 2022

By Samantha Roesler   The Water School at Florida Gulf Coast University will soon have its home in a brand-new academic building opening this spring.…

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Veterans work out at JetBlue Park with the Warrior Health and Fitness program

Home Base Helps SWFL Veterans Recover, Live Well

November 4, 2021

By Craig Handel   When Armando Hernandez graduated from FGCU in 2014, he thought he’d work with athletes. An internship with the Boston Red Sox…

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Interfaith Charities donations

Local Food Pantry Interfaith Charities Bursting With Food

May 13, 2021

Community Members can Help Spread the Word: More Food Means a Capacity for More Clients Today, Interfaith Charities of South Lee (ICSL) announced a recent…

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Let’s Talk Dementia

May 2, 2021

Carol Howell found her calling through caring for her mother By D. K. Christi Photos by Autumn Gates Estero resident Carol Howell didn’t intend to…

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Building a Med Spa Business

March 22, 2021

Former ER clinicians now specialize in boosting beauty By D. K. Christi Neither a major recession nor a global pandemic could alter the upward trajectory…

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Coach Greg Poss

Train Your Brain

March 7, 2021

Former Everblades Coach Greg Poss writes book on mental optimization By Craig Handel In the same season the Florida Everblades won the ECHL championship, Coach…

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New Wave of Healing

February 13, 2021

Integrative Rehab Medicine provides drug-free remedies for pain By D. K. Christi When pain strikes, the most common approaches are medications, steroid injections and surgery…

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Angel Cerritos

7 Questions with Angel Cerritos, Executive Director of Sky Family YMCA

January 30, 2021

By Autumn Gates   For the past 16 years, Angel Cerritos has been involved with the YMCA. The opportunities it provided him as a youth…

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