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Obituary: Reg Varney

Reg Varney, who has died aged 92, endeared himself to a wide television audience in the 1970s through the role of the cheeky chappie bus driver in the ITV series On the Buses and the two spin-off cinema films which followed....

Hundreds turn out for 15th annual Taste of Bonita

Live music blasted out from beneath the bandshell as the mouth-watering smells of 28 area restaurants wafted in the air during the 15th annual Taste of Bonita at Riverside Park in Bonita Springs on Sunday.

Eileen Herlie: Actress who played Gertrude to Olivier's Hamlet then became queen of the daytime...

After a stage and film career of distinction on both sides of the Atlantic (including the screen role of Gertrude in Olivier's Hamlet), Eileen Herlie achieved the peak of her stardom in America as the redoubtably enduring...

Forget Joe the Plumber - we've got Jericho Jim

AS a man with Jim on his work shirt strode into the Jordan Valley Hotel in western Queensland last night, his three mates were on to him: "Here's Jericho Jim". But the only man named Jim in the town of about 200 was not...

Spring Valley police: Drunk driver crashes through fence

SPRING VALLEY - A Haverstraw woman was charged this morning with drunken driving after her car crashed through a wood fence on West Street, police said. Dayyonna Wilkins, 25, of Ramapo Road in West Haverstraw was charged with...

'Lad's mag' for the 17th century

The 17th century equivalent of a 'lads' mag' has been discovered, giving advice for better conduct for young men. In the age of Oliver Cromwell, Francis Osborne's literary mix of pragmatism and cynicism went down well and was...

Gas for less than $2 a gallon?

How low will it go? With gasoline prices falling to as low as $2.05 a gallon at several locations on Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers on Monday, Joyce Landis of Bonita Springs was in a bargain-hunting mood.

Fort Myers Beach sand sculpting event enjoys 22nd successful year

Like sands through the hourglass, these are the days of our lives. The 22nd annual American Sandsculpting Championship Festival wrapped up on Fort Myers Beach on Sunday as thousands of spectators gathered to “ooh” and “aah” at...

Waterbottle snafu almost costs local man Sea-Doo record

Flotsam almost derailed Naples resident Mike Pagliccia’s quest to travel more miles in 24 hours on a personal watercraft than anyone else in history, but almost only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades – and not when you’re...

Prep cross country: Barron, Lely boys, five individuals advance at Class 3A district meet

Barron Collier, 5. East Lee County Individual results (Top 15 advance) 1. Austin Albury (BC) 18:11.35 Local team results BARRON COLLIER: Brian Alexander, 17:32.77; Austin Aibury, 18:11.35; Carter Mack, 19:10.48; Evan Thomas,...

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