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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 »
Editorial: Greenback makes a comeback
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
Almost out of nowhere, the once-ailing U.S. dollar has come storming back. That’s good news on several fronts. Full story »
Editorial: Basketball team lines up rim-rattling excitement
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball team has been busy. Full story »
Editorial: Estero has a true maestro
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008
The arts can play a big role in a community’s enrichment, commerce and fun. Estero has potential to be a hotbed of all kinds of art. Full story »
Editorial: A step ahead of the gougers
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
We hope it isn’t needed, and the way it was handled ought to help. Full story »
Editorial: Community loses dynamo of sunshine and good will
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
She was a pillar of the community and the face of the Chamber of Commerce in Naples for many years. Full story »
Editorial: Stay inside and informed as we ride out the storm
Monday, Aug. 18, 2008
By the time most of our readers see this, storm preparations will have been completed and we will be waiting to see how much of Tropical Storm/Hurricane Fay we get. Full story »
Editorial: Remember to vote (early)
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
Another friendly reminder: Early voting continues daily through Saturday Collier and Lee counties for the Aug. 26 primary elections. Full story »
Editorial: Lee has golden chance to do much with little
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
Bike lanes. These days they ought to be more popular than ever, even among those who don’t ride but are still interested in public health and saving gas. Full story »
Editorial: Combining for public good
Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008
We like to see public agencies work together. That goes double when the agencies are in law enforcement and the product of working together is public safety. Full story »
Editorial: Big idea for Lake Okeechobee port doesn’t fit with Everglades restoration
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
Florida is accustomed to grand schemes. Now comes a proposal for an inland port on Lake Okeechobee. Full story »
Editorial: Challenges, opportunities in and out of classrooms for new school year
Saturday, Aug. 16, 2008
Seems like only yesterday that seniors were graduating and we were wrapping up the 2007-08 school year. And here we are ready to open the 2008-09 school year, with classes starting in public schools for an estimated 80,000 students in Lee County on Monday and in Collier for about 41,500 students on Tuesday. It is bound to be a year with distractions Full story »
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 »
Editorial: Slow walking the peace
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
The Russians may eventually honor that peace agreement brokered by French President Nicolas Sarkozy but they seem determined to take their own ostentatious time about it. And they also seem to have their own generously elastic interpretation of its terms. Full story »
Editorial: Collier County Public Schools
Thursday, Aug. 14, 2008
Some straight talk, please. Would someone on the School Board or administration for Collier County Public Schools please use plain language when drafting policy and carrying out the public’s business? Full story »
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