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Behind the scenes of the Neapolitan series

The Neapolitan Armenians (AKA swan song of a departed editor) by Paul Chaderjian NAPLES, Florida - Try as you might. Try with as much effort as you can muster. But on some days, you can’t write a straightforward story to save your career. Call it fate. So, dear reader, if you buckle your seat belt, we’re going to go on a journey to Southwest Florida, and it’s going to be like a roller coaster of thoughts. Maybe it’ll be fun. Maybe Vincent will indeed print this. Maybe the woman who criticized my last article about the Armenian church on mychurch.com and said I write because I like to hear myself write is right. (Vincent, will you please, please keep this opening?) + the fine print (Grish, put this in eight-point font but keep these instructions in the published version. Let’s give our readers between-the-lines dialogue they can feel voyeuristic about). So I slammed my Camry’s driver-side door on my fingers when I jumped in as I was summon...

Building a community in Naples, Florida

The Neapolitan Armenians : When two of them meet, see if they will not create a new Armenia by Paul Chaderjian NAPLES, Florida – Florida in the American lexicon equates to recreation, retirement, rest, and relaxation. Among the top dozen destinations that are known around the world is a small city of an estimated 22,000 residents on the western coast of the Sunshine State. This city, in Collier County, earned its name thanks to its reputation for overshadowing the original Bay of Naples, Italy. The accolades Naples, Florida, has earned include consistently being named as one of the top five places to live in the U.S. Its ten-mile beach on the Gulf of Mexico has been named the best beach in the U.S. The city is also known as the Golf Capital of the World and boasts more than 80 championship golf courses. Naples is where people who value serenity, beauty, cleanliness – paradise - come to vacation or spend their retirement years. Among those who have a residence here are Bill Gates ,...