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What's New at WGCU: 'Stewardesses' changed the world while flying it

"Fly With Me" tells the story of the pioneering young women who became flight attendants at a time when single women ...

Salut! From the Naples Winter Wine Festival 2024

Profiles of people impacted by Naples wine festival grants

Let your inner lumberjack come out - Spotlight News Magazine

The age-old expression "bury the hatchet" has always meant to end a quarrel or make peace with an enemy. Bury the hatchet (or small axe) has now taken on new meaning as axe-throwing venues open in Southwest Florida. Its beginnings as a recreational activity had a humorous start.

Driven by Nature - Gulfshore Business

Most people are taughtto look at an issue from all sides. It's clear that in her career choices, Jennifer Hecker took that to heart. Now executive director of the Charlotte Harbor National Estuary Program, Hecker has been involved in the environmental field from all angles.

Profile: Scott Fischer's Wild Ride

Lucia Sherman didn't know Harley-Davidson from Hot Wheels when she answered an ad for a job as executive assistant to Scott Fischer seven years ago. But she knew he was CEO of Scott Fischer Enterprises and that's why she showed up shaken, despite being dressed in a "red power suit."

'Heroes' inspired local filmmaker Andre Degas

Andre Fuad Degas, a noted playwright and director who has worked with PBS, HBO and CBS News, had known his Bonita Springs neighbors - Navy Veteran Robert Vandegrift and his wife, Anita - for a decade before the pandemic struck. The disease changed social circles everywhere, including the community of Spanish Wells.

Expedition Everglades

Daytripping in the Everglades

Christmas every day: Frankenmuth, MI

Yuletide's the rule in this little Michigan town

Fort Myers Beach town hall begins with simmering frustration but ends with answers on rebuilding

A fairly quiet homegrown crowd of about 125 gathered in a tent replacing the damaged Fort Myers Beach town hall Friday evening as representatives from city government and fire department, FEMA, SBA and others fielded questions about Hurricane Ian recovery efforts.

Fair Housing Alliance seeks to improve life for Immokalee workers - Spotlight News Magazine

Not long ago, Bernabella Gonzalez, her husband and their children were living in a dilapidated 8-foot-wide trailer with holes in the floor and ceiling. After a tree fell on the building in which her sister-in-law's family lived, the already overcrowded population in the tiny trailer swelled. Ten people slept side by side.

'Still very much search and recovery,' at Fort Myers Beach

Getting residents who want to leave off the island and getting people still on the island access to food and water are the priorities early Tuesday afternoon at Fort Myers Beach.

Love of robotics brought together an award-winning local team - Spotlight News Magazine

They come from different schools and different neighborhoods, and for the most part, have different friends. But the industrial-strength glue that binds a team of local high school students is a love of robotics. They are the team called Java the Hutts: Dhruva Sharma, Cayden Keene and Kyle Keene of Fort Myers High School, Robbie Stewart and Quin Konicek of [...]

Age Has its Perks - Gulfshore Business

Is 70 the new 50? Certainly not, concludes septuagenarian Michael V. Martin, in his second year as Florida Gulf Coast University president. And that's a good thing.

Itinerary for visiting journalists

Travel enticement based on Randy Wayne White's novel, "Mangrove Lightning"

Passwords cause problems

I am a person, not a size

Summer Meetup Flyer

Marketing flyer for Summer Meetup for Progressive Women

Apes in retirement: Wachula, FL

A visit to a sanctuary for chimpanzees and orangutans

Yoga retreat: Costa Rica

Rancho Margot ecolodge near Arenal

A small patch of Greece in the Sunshine State: Tarpon Springs, FL

Sponge diving caused a Greek migration to U.S. shores

Seeking the fountain of youth: St. Augustine, FL

A search for youth in the country's oldest city

Mining for shark teeth: Venice Beach, FL

Fossilized choppers prove hard to find

Toast to Tenacity

Marketing flyer for Toast to Tenacity celebration of women's suffrage

Expressions Magazine: samples

Local content related to national PBS offerings

Press release

About kayak tours

Press release for The Immokalee Foundation

Charity swim

Mark Loren: Master Jeweler

One of Mark Loren's numerous donations to local charity events has been "A Day with the Jeweler" in the workroom of his Fort Myers gallery. Winning bidders later enter a cathedral of quirk that must surprise them, not to mention the jewelry art lions whose accolades have made him an industry celebrity.

Behind The Big Change In Cancer Care

To cancer patients, "metastasis" is a very bad word. To cancer businesses, metastasis is essential to survival. Mounting costs of practice and uneven insurance reimbursement rates mean that small cancer practices have had to grow and spread with the aggressiveness of the errant cells they treat-or, conversely, risk obliteration.

Church of a Diverse Tribe

First Seminole Church of Immokalee is Not for Native Americans Only

Health Care's Future

As medicine and its demands on professionals change, Florida SouthWestern State College is positioning itself as a leader in health careers.

Women in Recovery

"Street Chicks" reach out with mentoring, TV program, books and more to keep kids safe.

Old Bonita's New Vibe

Cottage industry: Millennials stage music on Florida porch

Staying in shape

Column: Trying out OrangeTheory Fitness

Civility in the Skies

News feature about courtesy in crowded planes

Going Nuts

Cape Coral Coconut Festival features music and more

Virtual dementia tour feels real

Feature story and first-person column

Rainbow Over the Produce Aisle

Vegetables and fruits are showing up in some surprising colors.

Paintball and Prayer

War games in the woods are Christian outreach to teens

A Walk in the Park

Young filmmakers win top prize at inaugural Bonita Springs festival

Future Bonita Springs high school looking for a site | www.swspotlight.com | Spotlight Magazines

Future Bonita Springs high school looking for a site As the Lee County School District mulls over the selection of a site for a new high school in South Lee County to relieve overcrowding and plan for enrollment growth, a few things are fairly certain: * It will be in Bonita Springs, not Estero.