Tried-and-true themes of navigating friendships and crushes lead fall’s middle grade lineup, along with inventive early ...

UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee has ordered a full review of Australia’s Great Barrier Reef management in 2026, following the sixth mass bleaching event in nine years and severe coastal flooding.

(Photo by Brett Dunlap) Morgan Metcalf, the 2025 Teen Middle Island Harvest Festival queen, tosses candy along Putnam Street Friday during the Marietta Independence Day Parade.

Morgan Metcalf, the 2025 Teen Middle Island Harvest Festival queen, tosses candy along Putnam Street Friday during the Marietta Independence Day Parade. (Photo by Brett Dunlap) ...

What’s been happening: D Wayne Lukas tributes, Japanese Arc plans, July 4th Festival, Coral-Eclipse and more … ...

Fourth of July horse racing brings a weekend festival at Saratoga, the Iowa Derby and Indiana Derby, and the Coral-Eclipse in England.

Celebrations are planned in Bonita Springs, Estero, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Lehigh Acres, LaBelle, Fort Myers Beach, and Sanibel Island. Look! Up in the sky! No, it’s not Superman.