Bonita Springs — When you think about home construction, heavy-duty equipment and able-bodied men immediately come to mind. However, during Habitat for Humanity’s Women Build Week from May 5 to 13, the only muscle required for raising a Bonita Springs woman and her family out of poverty housing is a heart. This annual Habitat for [...]
Bonita Springs — In Old Bonita, where Reynolds crosses Felts, there is a small plaque on a wall outside the Bonita Springs Community Policing Office. It honors Cpl. Alfredo Banos, who was “a cop to the core. He loved the profession, not as a job or a paycheck — he believed in what he was [...]
Bonita Springs — It is a beautiful sunny day at the Bonita Nature Place. I call this place home. It was not always the best location for a gopher tortoise to call home. Many years ago, while out looking for tender green grass sprouts to eat, I happened upon a field and realized that it was also the home to a few horses and dogs. But, I [...]
Bonita Springs — Spring Creek Elementary School is a labyrinthine maze of classrooms that boast no doors, with a library at its center. Colorful posters and signs demonstrating school pride decorate every wall. At one end sits Cynthia Hernandez’s 5th Grade classroom. The wall decorations are slowly being covered in preparation for the FCAT and [...]
Bonita Springs — Enrico Costagliola tells the story, “I was born in my mother’s restaurant in Torregaveta, a small Italian village south of Naples. I was destined to run my own restaurant.” He learned from his mother that a restaurant was a friendly place for family and friends to gather and enjoy a meal made [...]
Bonita Springs — Do you hit a fade, slice, or the driver too high? If so relax you are not alone. These are daily golfer complaints that can easily be corrected by reviewing a tour player’s driver setup and their angle of attack, which is how you hit up or down on the golf ball [...]
Lowe’s Drops Plan for Beach Road Store “Lowe’s has terminated plans for a new store location in Bonita Springs,” stated Stacey Lentz, Corporate Communications Manager of Lowe’s Companies, in an email to the Spotlight. Preliminary site work had begun on the Bonita Beach Road site, located east of Old 41. Lowe’s decision was part of a comprehensive review of its proposed new store pipeline. It now [...]
Women Build This Habitat for Humanity program brings together women from all walks of life to address the housing crisis facing millions of women and children worldwide. Women Build Week 2011 will be held the week before Mother’s Day, May 5 to 13. In Bonita Springs Zonta Club is leading the Women Build by renovating a home for a single mother. They are currently raising money, with events planned [...]
If you go… Dog Beach Where: Just North of the New Pass Bridge, Estero Blvd. Cost: Free Bonita Springs — We decided this month to write about the Dog Beach, one of our favorite places. It lies at the southern tip of Lovers Key State Park, just north of the New Pass Bridge. It is [...]
By Fran Luther Bonita Springs — I moved to Bonita with my kids 22 years ago because of its small town feel. In all that time, it has not changed much and that is what I love. It is laid back. It is less of a city than Fort Myers, and more relaxed than Naples. [...]
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