Thursday, June 25, 2026
The old fish camp is a public marina now
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Ninety-one and humid today, with the afternoon storms that show up like clockwork now that the snowbirds are gone. The bigger surprise: the old Weeks Fish Camp on Estero Bay has reopened as a 72-slip public marina — a rare open-to-anyone option in a town where the water usually comes with a gate.
Today
Take the morning at the beach, beat the storms
High tide rolls in around 9:27 and red tide reads all-clear from Vanderbilt down to Marco, so the morning's your window — the thunderheads build by mid-afternoon and it tops out near 91.
This Weekend
Frog Watch kicks off at Baker Park Friday
Friday 6 to 8 p.m., Rising Tide Explorers and the Botanical Garden teach you to ID frog and toad calls along the river — free, good for the kids, and a fine excuse to be outside once the heat lets up. 280 Riverside Circle.
A homeownership crash course Saturday
HELP's Housing Expo runs Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the NABOR center, pairing first-time buyers with lenders and counselors — handy in a town where the median price keeps a lot of us renting longer than we'd planned.
A new kosher meal kitchen launches Sunday
Chabad Naples starts a monthly cook-and-deliver program Sunday at 3 p.m. on Mandarin Road — show up, pack fresh meals for neighbors who need them, and you're home by dinner.
Local News
The old Weeks Fish Camp is a public marina now
London Bay turned the historic camp at the end of Coconut Road into Saltleaf, a 72-slip public marina on Estero Bay — meaning you don't have to live behind the gate to keep a boat there. Rare on our stretch of coast.
$27 million buys 120 feet of Old Naples sand
A beachfront house at 26 Second Ave. S. just closed at $27 million — the year's priciest existing-home sale in Old Naples, 8,770 square feet on a half-acre. A reminder of what Gulf frontage still commands, even in the quiet months.
North Naples is getting another Publix
Tim Aten reports a new Publix set to open midyear 2027 in North Naples — a way off, but worth filing away if you've been making the haul off Immokalee Road for groceries.
Food & Drink
Fifth Avenue's summer prix-fixe is back
Flavors of Fifth runs July 8 through Sept. 30 with set menus up and down Fifth Avenue South — locals' season is exactly when those downtown tables open up and the price comes down.