Ageism refers to the stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination directed at individuals based on their age. While it predominantly affects older adults, ageism can impact Floridians of all ages. Older adults are often viewed as resistant to change or unable to utilize today’s technology, ...
To the editor: I live in Florida. As I write this, we await news about the pathway Hurricane Milton will travel and whose lives and homes are most threatened. My updates come every six hours from the NHC, the National Hurricane Center, which provides weather and climate forecasts and ...
To the editor: Emotional voting. If I read the political news right, Kamala would be far behind except for two issues — abortion and hatred for Trump. How much impact do those two emotional issues have on America’s economy and security? The primary reason for abortion being legal ...
To the editor: I would like to respond to a recent letter from Kathleen Callard, RNBS, concerning false information concerning miscarriage care in Amendment 4. This is a recent provider alert sent to all licensed medical providers in Florida from the Florida Dept of Health- “Notice to ...
To the editor: In the life of a teacher, as we live our day-to-day lives, it is easy to focus on the negative things. Lately I have been trying to step into the positive. The solutions that I have come up with are simple, yet they work. 1. Keep your expectations realistic 2. Plan ...
Regardless of where Hurricane Milton makes landfall on Florida’s west coast, the storm will bring dangerous winds, torrential downpours and storm surge to Southwest Florida, along with the threat of tornadoes. Residents and property owners are all wondering if their roofs will withstand ...
Bad memories of the past marked the two-year anniversary of Hurricane Ian here in Southwest Florida. Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel, Captiva, Pine Island and Matlacha all saw inundating storm surge again with Fort Myers and the Cape seeing flooding as well as Hurricane Helene raced off Florida’s ...
I live on Southwest 1st Court in Cape Coral, in a house built in 1967. Back then, few people worried or even knew about climate change. Those days are gone. Hurricane Ian, supercharged by global warming, inflicted $120,000 of damage upon my house, mostly by storm surge, and my home and flood ...
After the Department of Children & Families (DCF) in Tallahassee inexplicably removed Lee and Collier counties from their own list of counties available for fatherhood social services grants available by competition under HB 7065, Single Dads Outreach, Corp, a Florida nonprofit and 501c3, ...
To the editor: If you ask area residents what they love about Cape Coral, many will say it’s the wildlife and beautiful outdoors. Conservation of open space for recreation and wildlife are extremely important to the Cape Coral community, as expanding development is pushing out what little ...