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In a small strip mall in East Naples on Labor Day afternoon, two brothers rocked back and forth independently to the poetic rhythm of the Arabic verses they each recited. Sitting against opposite walls in the empty mosque, Adnaan Waseem, ...

As older adults start planning to secure the retirement lifestyle of their choice, I always recommend beginning the process by evaluating what’s important to them. One question that almost always comes up is, “What can I expect to do or ...

If there was a Rude Police, I would be the chief. Seeing as how our government has yet to fund this branch of social law enforcement, I am left to follow in the footsteps of that mentor of morality, Gomer ...

Hey seniors, let’s rally around our own flag, and not waste any more time regretting our age or complaining about the boomers, or the weirdness of the texting generation. For geezers like us, nostalgia is a wonderful thing, and we ...

The highlight of Avery Segal’s summer was living for three days in a Buddhist temple in South Korea. “It was amazing. We had to get up at 4 a.m. We had to do 108 bows before lunch,” said the 17-year-old ...

A brother’s bond is a connection so strong that it can never be broken. Twenty months apart in age, my brother and I were inseparable in our childhood. One common enjoyment was tennis. We constantly practiced together, traveled together and ...

A rain garden is a landscaped area of beautiful, native flowering vegetation planted in a spot where it can capture stormwater runoff from rooftops or other hard surfaces before that water reaches the stormwater removal system.

Two ovenbirds and a young grey squirrel were among the 42 animals admitted to the Conservancy of Southwest Florida Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic this past week. Other admissions include four opossums, two eastern cottontails, three mourning doves, a northern cardinal, a ...

When we are in the moments of the overwhelming hurt and pain of grief, we don’t think we will ever get through it. And sometimes, our grief can bring up feelings or thoughts that we don’t understand and that scare ...

Did you ever get the feeling when you were a kid that your parents never thought you did anything right? Well, the other night while I was waiting to be seated for happy hour at a local drinkery and eatery, ...

How many decisions do you have to make every day? How many are easy? How many difficult? Not to mention stressful. When I was a kid just getting out of knickers and into long pants, decision making for entertainment was ...

Boredom is one of the reasons kids drop out of school, and why Americans are addicted to drugs, alcohol and sex. Type in the word boredom in the “search” section of your web browser. There are several references, one of ...

Steve Di Carlo and Tania Siniard want to put it all together. The two 30-somethings were at one point essentially competitors. But after starting a relationship, the duo now plan to combine their businesses, as well as their lives. Both ...

The New York Times is running a series called “The Vanishing Mind” with the most recent installment titled “Years Later, No Magic Bullet Against Alzheimer’s Disease.” The article is based on the conclusions reached by a “jury” of 15 medical ...

If you’ve set foot in a high school recently, you’ve probably been amazed by all the cool ways that kids learn these days. Besides computers and the Internet, there are DVD’s, CD’s, VCR’s, PowerPoint presentations, and a million other e-things ...