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Lee Health and UnitedHealthcare dispute continues as open enrollment deadlines loom
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A contract dispute between Lee Health and UnitedHealthcare could leave 50,000 patients out of network starting Jan. 1. With open enrollment happening for many through their employers this fall, residents who rely on their services said they are left feeling concerned. Pam Schlitten, a Cape...
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LETTER: Charlotte wrong to ask for sale tax
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Liaison Technology Group opens south Fort Myers design center
Liaison Technology Group opened a design center at 5661 Independence Circle, Suite 5, off Six Mile Cypress Parkway in south Fort Myers. The showroom features demonstrations of home automation, lighting controls, motorized shades, security systems, audio equipment and home theaters. It also provides builders, architects and interior designers a space to evaluate technology for residential and commercial projects. Founded in 2014 by Steve Weber, Liaison operates in five states. The company also has installed accessibility technology in more than 100 homes through its partnership with the Tunnel to Towers Foundation.
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Babcock Ranch tops 6K home sales, launches podcast
Babcock Ranch has surpassed 6,000 home sales as the master-planned community continues to expand its residential and commercial footprint in Southwest Florida. Meanwhile, its developer has launched a 26-episode podcast exploring the vision and decisions behind the community’s growth. The community, which spans 18,000 acres across Charlotte and Lee...
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Kelly Roofing is back on track after a near collapse in SW Florida
In late July, while playing golf, Ken Kelly got a distressing call from a former employee. She told him she thought Kelly Roofing , the company his father built — and he'd run for decades before selling it — might be going under. In 2020, the younger Kelly sold the longtime family business in North Naples to a private equity firm, Monument MicroCap Partners, keeping only a small stake in it. While enjoying his retirement, he thought all was well. Until he got that phone call on the golf course. That's when Elisha Cunero, a customer service and marketing manager at Kelly Roofing, told him that the local team had suddenly been directed not to schedule any new estimates or sales calls. At the time, Cunero recalled the team being in shock. "We had been focusing on going out and participating in a lot of events in the community," she said. "And just doing what we had been doing, providing estimates. We didn't really have a heads-up." After her phone call, Kelly started investigating the situation. He said he visited the local headquarters to talk to the employees some more, but he realized they were "kind of kept in the
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SCCF's adopt-a-mangrove returns with a bigger nursery
SANIBEL, Fla. (WINK) — The Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation's Adopt-A-Mangrove program is back for its fifth season with more room to grow thanks to a new grant. A grant from the Sanibel-Captiva Rotary Club will help SCCF expand its mangrove nursery. The program allows volunteers to adopt tiny mangrove seedlings and care for them before they're planted at restoration sites as part of living shorelines.
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Barneys New York to Get New Life in Amazon Prime Video Series
Authentic Brands Group is getting more serious about the Barneys New York relaunch. Authentic Brands Names Lark-Marie Antón Chief Communications Officer As it prepares to open a 10,000-square-foot store in Naples, Fla., in the first quarter of next year, it is also working with Amazon MGM Studios on a new series that will air on Amazon Prime Video. Called “Bella From Barneys,” the series from Fake Empire producers Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage of “The O.C.”, “Gossip Girl” and “Sterling Point” fame, will tell the tale of Bella Baldwin, billed as “an outer-borough outsider with an eye for style,” who lands a job in the stockroom of the newly revived Barneys New York. When she is elevated to a personal shopper for the store’s most notorious socialite client, she’s pulled into a “cutthroat world of fashion and family secrets, and into the orbit of the heir fighting to save the family business,” according to the promotional material for the upcoming show, which is being produced by Authentic Studios. No air date has been set for the series and it’s not tied to the opening of the Naples store , according to an Authentic spokesperson. The series will be set in
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Island Time Wine doubles space with Sanibel relocation
Island Time Wine doubled its space after relocating across the parking lot to 2407 Periwinkle Way, Suite 5, in the Islander Center, across from Sanibel Captiva Community Bank on Sanibel Island. Owners Anne and Drew Arnold expanded the boutique wine shop and tasting venue, which opened in November 2025, to accommodate 49 guests, add an outdoor patio and increase its retail selection by approximately 280 bottles. The business also plans to expand its food offerings with charcuterie boards, small plates and themed wine dinners. Weekly wine tastings, classes and private events will continue. The SanCap Chamber celebrated the expansion with an Oct. 9 ribbon cutting.
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'Liberty-first' broker Lisa Cohen-Adkinson runs for Cape Coral mayor on spending cuts
A real estate broker and long-time council meeting participant is running for Cape Coral mayor . A self-described constitutional conservative, Lisa Cohen-Adkinson, 49, outlines God, the community and the U.S. Constitution as primary values in her campaign. "I'm the only liberty-first candidate in this race, and my agenda — Foundation First — starts with the people who are already here, not the next glossy project," Cohen-Adkinson said. Cohen-Adkinson is one of two candidates still in the running for Cape Coral's mayoral seat. She face Richard E. Erickson after they were the top vote-getters in the August primary. Who is Lisa Cohen-Adkinson? Cohen-Adkinson has been a Cape Coral resident for 36 years, and she is the founder of Valor Real Estate Services, which has operated locally for 26 years. Over the past 15 years, Cohen-Adkinson participated in Cape Coral's Public Safety Building Committee, the Iwo Jima Monument restoration project and advocacy against the Bimini Basin purchase. Her mayoral campaign lists the Cape Coral Yacht Club , Jaycee Park renovation and the Cape Coral Rowing Club as main issues she intends to address if elected mayor. Cohen-Adkinson is married to Dennis Adkinson, a senior inspector for the city's underground utilities, and she
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SWFL patients caught in the middle of insurance disputes again
LEE FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) — Lee Health's dispute with United Healthcare is the largest Southwest Florida has seen in recent memory, but it's not the first time customers have been caught in the middle of contract fights between healthcare providers and insurers. In the fall of 2024, while...
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RH Breaks Ground in Naples With Six Galleries and a 174-Seat Wine Bar
Construction is underway on a new RH gallery at Waterside Shops in Naples, on the site of the former Nordstrom. The project is targeted to open in late 2026, with plans for six galleries and a 174-seat restaurant beneath a glass atrium. The single-story development will replace a longtime department-store anchor at the upscale Tamiami Trail shopping center.