Laura Black

by Laura Black

Some star power buttressed the Fort Myers Beach Art Association’s latest exhibit through the judging of the Open Winter Juried Show. The most competitive of the association’s shows, this year’s display was judged by Artis-Naple’s Rangsook Yoon, who is director of curatorial affairs at The Baker Muse…

Landlords Pascale Hubert and her husband ‘Ronald Mcdonald’, have left their backyard teepee after Clarence Valley Council warned the couple they were in breach of an infringement notice.

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A few years ago, I sold my company and became an empty nester. Up until that point, like a suitcase that wouldn’t close, my life spilled over with purpose. Then, suddenly, it didn’t. Driven to ace retirement, I graded myself on how I spent my time. An emergency colostomy was not on my to-do list.

When Charles and I were married 25 years ago, he weighed 300 pounds. He now weighs 205. My burly bear has morphed into a buff Adonis. And I hate it.

More starfish and other marine life is likely to be washed up on isle beaches with the coming of the Spring tides. Thousands of dead starfish were piled on beaches across the isle this morning (Mar…

I grew up in Coral Gables, Fla., in the late ’50s. Only one other Jewish family lived on our street. While my family was still finishing leftover turkey, our neighbors were inflating plastic Santas. I sulked at this injustice until my father found a way to make the holiday meaningful for us.

Health care policy has dominated the national discussion for nearly all of 2017. Various political factions argue over who should pay for insurance, how

Fashion is a shared family passion for a mother and daughter, who each won a major award at the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards on Saturday night.

I miss the things I knew I’d miss about my father when he died: his love, kindness, wisdom, steadfastness and ability to see humor in the mundane. What I didn’t realize I’d miss are the parts of him he never shared. Like so many men of his generation, he kept his feelings to himself and loathed excu…