Editorial: A soggy dry run leaves us better prepared
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Some tropical weather systems can hit like a speeding freight train. We learned that with hurricanes Charley and Wilma. Others can be slow to come and slow to go, without falling apart. We learned that from Fay, which was a wheezing tropical storm when i Full story »
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Editorial: School board primary races offer experience, and change
Saturday, Aug. 9, 2008
Two seats are up for voter review this year on each of the school boards in Collier and Lee counties. All four of the contests include incumbents. Here are our recommendations for the Aug. 26 elections, for which early voting starts Monday in each county Monday: Full story »
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Editorial: Stars, Dollars, Spurs & Coconuts 8-16-08
Friday, Aug. 15, 2008
A weekly look at some of the good, bad and questionable ideas out there. Full story »
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Letters to the Editor: August 20, 2008
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
A collection of recent letters to the editor. Full story »
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- Letters to the Editor: August 19, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 18, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: Aug. 17, 2008
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- Letters to the Editor: August 15, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 14, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 13, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 12, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 11, 2008
- Letter: Collier County Museum is "Choice Award" winner
- Letters to the Editor: Aug. 10, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: Aug. 9, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 8, 2008
- Letters to the Editor: August 7, 2008
Brent Batten: Fay doesn’t qualify as Olympic event
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
You’ve stocked up on peanut butter and crackers. You have extra bottled water. Your stores of batteries, candles and toilet paper are sufficient. The hurricane shutters are up. OK, the hurricane shutters might not be up. We’re only looking at a cat one storm, after all. But generally speaking you’re ready for Fay. So what to do on a stormy Tuesday but take up a position in front of the TV and catch up on the Olympics. Full story »
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- Phil Lewis: Differing opinions on sunshine, journalists
- Jeff Lytle: A road you should travel; the last laugh
- Ben Bova: Ads reveal a lot about who we are
- The Farmer File: Part two of slimming for dollars
- Brent Batten: Calabrese’s sick days unlimited
- Dan K. Thomasson: Obama’s ‘fitness’ for presidency may be deciding factor
Guest commentary: Collier oversight of Clam Bay ‘asset’ will be disastrous
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
The Daily News is correct in stating that the public deserves a seat on the new oversight advisory panel. Presently the Pelican Bay Services Division along with volunteers of the Mangrove Action Group have provided the stewardship of Clam Bay and answered directly to the Collier County commissioners who appoint the board. Full story »
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Perspective: That '50s View
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
This is how Naples looked in the early 1950s when the late Virgil Waite first came to town from Cleveland. Full story »
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- Phil Lewis: Differing opinions on sunshine, journalists
- Jeff Lytle: A road you should travel; the last laugh
- Ben Bova: Ads reveal a lot about who we are
- Guest Commentary: Lee school district can help county through tough times
- News Quiz: Bobbleheads, discounts, early voting
- Schram: Veterans benefits: One issue where McCain, Obama agree
Brent Batten: Fay doesn’t qualify as Olympic event
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
You’ve stocked up on peanut butter and crackers. You have extra bottled water. Your stores of batteries, candles and toilet paper are sufficient. The hurricane shutters are up. OK, the hurricane shutters might not be up. We’re only looking at a cat one storm, after all. But generally speaking you’re ready for Fay. So what to do on a stormy Tuesday but take up a position in front of the TV and catch up on the Olympics. Full story »
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The Farmer File: Part two of slimming for dollars
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Three months and seven days ago, a friend and I began a weight loss contest that will end with a final weigh-in 37 days from now.
On that day, we’ll strip to our skivvies, exhale deeply and get on the scale. Full story »
On that day, we’ll strip to our skivvies, exhale deeply and get on the scale. Full story »
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Bridge Scene: ‘Fifth Chair’ fosters the game
Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008
The Fifth Chair Foundation is an International organization dedicated to fostering bridge education on the Internet and attracting new players to the game. The name Fifth Chair stands for the kibitzer’s chair. The kibitzer is a person who pulls up a chair to a table to watch four other people play bridge; he must not comment on the play but sit quietly to observe and learn.
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