“Your gateway to gracious living.” So said the early sales brochure for the neighborhood of Seagate — described then as “just north of Naples” and now a part of it.

“I don’t have any speeding tickets or license problems so therefore, I have no bureaucratic process. “When one writes or reads, one might have enough sense to understand who is writing and to whom they are writing.’’ That is from ...

I heard a term not long ago that I’m helping spread around. Someone said we were having a “Georgia winter.”

I get a lot of e-mail. I don’t Twitter or blog, but I receive plenty of messages on my Web site from friends, family, readers, even complete strangers.

Republican critics of President Barack Obama cite his three years as a community organizer to disparage his experience to serve as our chief executive. But far more important in understanding Obama and the current sources of our discontent is his ...

I hear this comment on occasion: “There’s nothing to do in Naples; we’re so glad the zoo is here.” While I appreciate the support, I heartily disagree with that observation.

The League of Women Voters of Collier County marks its 35th anniversary this year in conjunction with the national league’s 90th anniversary.

Citing job stress and confidence in the leadership team he would leave behind, Steve Donovan says he will not seek re-election to the Collier County School Board after two four-year terms.

Here are letters to the editor from Daily News editions of March 14, 2010.

“Golden Gate — The Shape of Tomorrow.” So proclaimed brochures of the original developer, Gulf American Land Corp., in the early 1960s.

Baseball’s spring-training season is in full swing, and so are worries that some athletes might be using steroids and/or other illegal means to enhance their playing abilities. Alas, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet.

The Community School of Naples won Collier County’s 21st annual High School Scholar Bowl. A total of nine local high school teams entered last weekend’s competition, which featured the defending champion, Barron Collier High School, and CSN in the finals. ...

With all the flap about guys dressed as soldiers and collecting cash donations at medians and supermarkets, check out some men and women who you know are the real deal at the Wal-Mart on U.S. 41 North at Immokalee Road. ...

Reader response to last Sunday’s Perspective section photos of the now 20-year-old NCH Healthcare System North Naples Hospital, formerly North Collier Hospital, was so positive that we present two more — the main lobby as it looked in 1990 and ...

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