Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Our Everblades are champions again 🏆
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Clear and warming to a sunny 90 today, with the usual locals'-season storms likely by late afternoon. Get your celebrating in early — our Everblades won their fourth Kelly Cup in five years overnight, taking Game 6 in double overtime.
Today
Everblades hoist the Kelly Cup — again
They beat Kansas City 5-4 in double OT early this morning to win their fourth title in five years — a quiet dynasty playing out down in Estero while the rest of the country wasn't watching.
Clear water, clear skies — beach early
FWC's latest samples show red tide not present at every Collier beach from Vanderbilt to South Marco, and with a sunny 90 ahead, your window is the morning before the afternoon storms build.
Sun-N-Fun Lagoon is back for summer
The county water park at North Collier Regional Park is open daily 10 to 5 — the reliable answer to "the kids are out of school and it's already 90 by lunch."
Local News
Ave Maria just got a lot bigger
Commissioners signed off on nearly 6,700 new homes plus commercial space, over objections from residents and environmental groups — one of the biggest reshapings of eastern Collier in years.
Chick-fil-A is coming to the Estates
The Shoppes at Orange Blossom near Big Corkscrew will bring a Chick-fil-A, Chipotle, Starbucks drive-thru and Circle K by early 2027 — the kind of everyday convenience Golden Gate Estates folks have always had to drive into town for.
First buyer closes at the new Four Seasons
Veteran hotelier Phil McCabe bought the first residence at the rebuilt Naples Beach Club — a 9,000-square-foot beachfront condo he's calling his final home — marking the old Beach Club's full turn into the Four Seasons era.
Food & Drink
Thursday is National Sushi Day
June 18 is the excuse, if you needed one — Naples' sushi spots trot out the playful rolls (the "Sexy Jalapeno," the "Dancing Eel"), and summer is the easy time to walk into your favorite without a wait.
A second chance, served by the slice
Aurelio's Pizza in Naples and Estero is teaming with St. Matthew's House to hire graduates of its recovery program first — a hometown pizzeria putting people back to work where it counts.