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A different take on Naples history was recently published in the form of a memoir titled “The East Side of the River” by Jessie Allen Chesser. Chesser was born in East Naples in 1935. She’s descended from pioneers who farmed and fished in Belle Meade, now part of greater Naples. Her book is dotted with...
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Yesterday, reporter Katie Pankow brought you the story of the beginnings of a unique settlement in Estero, Florida in the late 1800's. Her story “Living Inside: Koreshan Unity” continues today, as part of a series called "Florida: Heaven on Earth?" airing on Thursday & Friday mornings...
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In the late 1800s, Estero, Florida was home to a thriving and revolutionary community of people who believed they lived inside the earth. These were the Koreshans. Katie Pankow has more about this unique chapter in Southwest Florida history, in the first in a series of reports called “Florida: Heaven...
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The Military Heritage Museum in Punta Gorda is marking Veterans Day with a recitation of War Tales. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.
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Governor Charlie Crist paid a visit to Punta Gorda Thursday marking the 5 th Anniversary of the day Category 4 Hurricane Charley made landfall in the small gulf coast city. He spoke at the newly built Charlotte Harbor Event Center – which sits on the site of the old municipal auditorium destroyed by...
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News Press Essayist Amy Bennett Williams has been writing about the City of Palm’s most famous resident, Thomas Edison, for about 20 years. This week she explores the last chapter of the inventor’s life.
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General Motors may be bankrupt – but a shining example of its glory days is thriving in Punta Gorda. WGCU’s Valerie Alker recently visited Rick Treworgy’s Muscle Car Museum and prepared this report.
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The Southwest Florida Museum of history hopes to attract English and Spanish residents with its new audio tours. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.
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State Road 80 east from Ft. Myers in Lee County meanders through many older communities. There are the river towns of Alva, Olga, and Ft. Denaud. (duh-no) And on the south side of roadway there’s Charleston Park. If you weren’t looking for it – you’d never know it was there. But it has been since 1926...
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Sometimes in the course of our lives we assign symbolism to material objects. So when the objects are taken away or destroyed...how do we cope? For News Press essayist Amy Bennett Williams it's food for thought...
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