Aliligator Alley
Privatization of toll road has certain risks, incentives
We built it, we own it, we pay $2 or $2.50 to drive across it, we earned $23.5 million from it last year, and we're spending $94 million to resurface it now. By just after mid-century, we could be taking in almost a billion dollars a year from it. Full Story
Salons often get to the root of domestic abuse first
Tina Martellacci-Haworth might spot the signs of domestic violence in some women before their doctors or even their friends and family. Like many hairdressers, she learns some personal things about her clients over casual conversation and through up-close observation. Full Story
Pet projects
Furry, four-legged colleagues make working for a living more than just a job
The Guess-Fisher Gallery, with its eclectic art selection and engaging , g owner, has been enticing art aficionados into its Fifth Avenue South location for several years. Full Story
Retired executives offer free workshop on business financing
SCORE, the Service Corps of Retired Executives, will hold a free workshop on how to finance a start-up or an existing small business from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 6, at the Collier County Public Library, 650 Central Ave. Full Story
Phoebe Snow comes to the Phil
Is there any other voice on the planet quite like Phoebe Snow's? The woman can growl rougher than a menacing dog, tenderly caress a lyric like a lover, and skip octaves as easy as a stone skimming a lake. She sings jazz, folk, rock, gospel, standards and Broadway classics: everything and anything, in that idiosyncratic, amazing voice of hers. Full Story
A.R. Gurney's 'Indian Blood' goes back to his Buffalo boyhood
See the southeastern premiere at Florida Rep
Life is a never-ending series of transitions. But the ones that occur during our teens can be particularly seismic, says playwright A.R. Gurney. "We all have, all through our lives, crossroads and transitions," he says. Full Story
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