Mark Your Calendar For The Craftie Ladies’ Fall Craft Fair

The Craftie Ladies of St. John XXIII Catholic Church are once again having their Fall Craft Fair.If you’ve been to one of our craft fairs before, you know we have a large variety of top-quality, homemade items for sale. In addition to our well-known, exquisite quilts, afghans, and hand-knit and crocheted items, there will be […]

Catch The Action

October On The Water As water temperatures begin to drop off our coast, schools of baitfish make their migration south through area waters. Many game or predator fish are on the move south as well. Combined with our resident fish, October presents good fishing for a variety of species. You can fish for a specific […]

Continental Women’s Club

The Continental Women’s Club will hold its monthly luncheon on Thursday, November 7 at 11:30 a.m. at The Hideaway Country Club. Our November program will feature a performance of excerpts from The Nutcracker by dancers from the Gulfshore Ballet. Gulfshore Ballet is a Southwest Florida not-for-profit school of Classical Ballet. Iliana Lopez, the artistic director, […]

Fall Festival

Edison And Ford Winter Estates, October 26, 9 a.m. To 4 p.m. Spend the day with us as you stroll along, shop craft vendor booths, get something to eat and drink, and listen to music. Plus, there will be lots of fun activities for the kiddos! The festival is free to attend; however there is […]

What’s Blooming At Edison And Ford Winter Estates?

This month’s article will explore a little-known relationship between orchids and ferns … and then we’ll wrap up with information about some of the unique ferns that can be found throughout the Edison and Ford Winter Estates. For many years, successful growth and propagation of epiphytic orchids such as cattleyas, phalaenopsis and more were dependent […]

Montage Women’s Club

The Montage Women’s Club is a social and philanthropic club open to all women residing in Lee County. We meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at The Landings Yacht, Golf, and Tennis Club (community entry off McGregor Boulevard between Cypress Lake Drive and College Parkway). Meetings begin at 11:30 a.m. with a short […]

From The Desk Of Sheriff Carmine Marceno

Improving Home Security Home burglary results in losses exceeding $3 billion, in the United States, each year. Based upon reports, a home burglary occurs every 15 seconds in the United States and that someone is at home 27.6 percent of the time. Despite images of burglars creeping through backyards in the middle of the night, […]

The Love Of The Game

Do you remember the first time you fell in love? Your heart was pounding in your chest, and you were overwhelmed with a n e m o t I o n t h a t w a s indescribable. Well, come out and fall in love with tennis all over again. (Or maybe you will […]

Whispers of God…

Grateful Nation Dr. Mark P. Gonzales  Executive Director,  Royal Palm Association of Churches, SBC I don’t have to tell you how messy, angry, and bombastic our elections have become—on both sides of the aisle if we really want to be honest with ourselves. And the culture wars are equally messy, angry, and bombastic as well, […]