Scott McIntyre/Staff Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann, center, surprises his mother, Barbara B. Mann, with a birthday cupcake for her 99th birthday while filming a segment on the Naples Daily News' Newsmakers with Jeff Lytle on Wednesday morning. Man

Birthdays are an occasion for hail and farewell: celebrate the achievement, mourn the passing. In previous That Old Feeling columns we have noted the natal anniversaries of Marilyn Monroe (75), Jean Shepherd (80), Marlene Dietrich, Richard Rodgers and Og

Ed Goldman, president of Goldman Communications Inc. , is a Sacramento writer and marketing consultant. Quibbles and Bits — It’s time once again for a recap of recent news that failed to inspire me to write full-length column/blogs (clogs) about it

There was no way Will Miles Clark was going to let his family stop him from driving over the new Hoover Dam Bypass last year, but he did make one concession. The 106-year-old Oro Valley resident agreed to let his son ride shotgun. Clark, who turns 107 on

The mayor hailed her. So did U.S Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Gov. Dannel Malloy, Willard Scott—even the Pope. But the best congrats came from five children, 13 grandkids, 21 great-grandkids, and one great-great-grandchild. Three dozen family members and friends