In the Sunshine

Collier residents will soon see a new red, white and blue helicopter overhead to help fight the bite of mosquitoes.

With a passion for greenways, Naples Pathways Coalition is making plans for a multi-use trail system stretching for over 70 miles, that will connect Naples to Bonita Springs, Ave Maria, Immokalee, Collier-Seminole State Park and beyond.

Is your student-athlete starting to train for school sports? Johns Hopkins offers advice for parents and coaches, to help athletes prevent heat-related illness.

For this Fourth of July, get your kids involved in the cooking or baking process to celebrate America’s birthday. Create a dessert-decorating competition so that they can get their creativity flowing while feeling like they’re part of the traditional cooking process that takes place on Independence Day.

My name is Rilee Standriff, and I am a rising senior at Villanova University, where I am studying communications and minoring in sociology.

Snapping photos of kids can be challenging. They’re on the move, they don’t want to pose and those sought-after candids quickly turn into silly faces once they see the camera.

We know SWFL for beautiful beaches and exciting tourist life. However, did you know that Cape Coral-Fort Myers is considered to be one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States?

Spring is here, and so are the baby animals. The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has received several dozen baby birds, bunnies, raccoons and squirrels recently. Most of the babies they receive are from disturbed or fallen nests.

I recently spent an adventurous afternoon at Babcock Ranch on a swamp buggy exploring four different Florida ecosystems – pasture, fresh water marsh, pine flats and cypress swamp.

As daylight stretches longer into the evenings, grilled dinners create the perfect opportunity to spend more time “in real life” with your family instead of prying family members away from smartphones and laptops.