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Park project in Golden Gate Estates on hold due to nationwide supply shortages Published: May 12, 2021 5:34 PM EDT Updated: May 12, 2021 6:02 PM EDT Recommended A much-anticipated community recreational center will not be done by the summer as planned. Big Corkscrew Island Regional Park’s project completion in Golden Gate Estates has been delayed by the nationwide construction supply shortage. When it does open to the public, it will include a playground, community center, swimming pools and athletic fields. Jessica Tarapeilla’s kids love soccer, basketball and swinging at the playground....

The state wants Floridians to get back to work. Florida Department of Economic Opportunity launched the “Return to work” initiative Wednesday, encouraging people who are collecting unemployment benefits to reenter the workforce. DEO Secretary Dane Eagle said some companies struggling to hire call this the “new pandemic.” When the pandemic began, the governor waived the requirement to fill out job searches on the unemployment website because jobs weren’t available. Now that jobs are coming back, some businesses say people don’t want to work, while job seekers say livable wages are ...

Woman claims to be police, yells racial slurs, threatens child at Naples hotel Published: May 7, 2021 10:52 PM EDT Updated: May 7, 2021 10:59 PM EDT Recommended A mother was terrified for her child’s life after they were threatened at a hotel pool. She says a woman claimed to be law enforcement, and it did not end there. The mother says the woman yelled racial slurs at her and her son. Thursday, Naples Police Department arrested Sallie Boles, 50, of North Carolina, for disturbing the peace at Inn of Naples. “It was definitely scary, and I was definitely scared for my son’s life,” Port...

Firefighters respond to brush fire near Collier Center Way in North Naples Published: May 7, 2021 10:29 PM EDT Updated: May 7, 2021 11:10 PM EDT Recommended Greater Naples Fire Control and Rescue District responded to a brush fire near homes in North Naples Friday. Firefighters were at the scene of a fire that was 70% contained near Collier Center Way as of 10 p.m. The fire spread to at least 2 acres, and no homes were in danger. A man we spoke to said he was swimming in a lake in area know as the dunes when he saw smoke and got everyone out of the water.

Florida elections supervisors all named in lawsuit against state voting law Published: May 7, 2021 8:18 PM EDT Updated: May 9, 2021 6:56 AM EDT Recommended A supervisor of elections in Southwest Florida is responding to a massive lawsuit over a new voting law that names every county in the state. Those who filed the lawsuit claim the new law does nothing but suppress voters and claim the law violates the First and 14th amendments. Because they expected the governor to sign it, they were ready with lawsuits the moment he did. Among them was a lawsuit filed by the League of Women Voters of Flor...