KEY WEST BOTANICAL GARDEN TOOK ROOT 90 YEARS AGO DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION

On Feb. 23, the Key West Tropical Forest and Botanical Garden will celebrate its 90th anniversary, having opened during the Great Depression in 1936....

LOCAL WRESTLERS MAKE THEIR MARKS IN TOURNAMENT ACTION

Coral Shores and Key West sent their wrestlers to the Tony Ippolito Memorial Tourney at Brandon High School on Feb. 6 and 7. The...

COUNTY TO CAPITOL: LOCAL LEADERS SPOTLIGHT ISLAND NEEDS FACE-TO-FACE IN FLORIDA KEYS DAY

As the rest of Florida battled a brutal cold snap, government leaders and nonprofit reps from the state’s warmest county brought the needs and...

KEYS WOMAN: WHY FEMALE FRIENDSHIP IS THE TRUEST LOVE STORY

By Traci Rork Raise your hand if someone you love has stressed you out. Now raise your hand if venting to a friend gives you...

PRESEASON PROVES CONCH BATS AND BULLPEN RUN DEEP

Year after year, Key West’s baseball players are held to an almost impossible standard, but even with relentless pressure, they continue to deliver season...

REEF’S REPORT: FROZEN EYELASHES AND NO HEARTWORM

Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report”. I regret to inform you that on Feb. 2 I was bamboozled. Tricked....

UPPER KEYS NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: CHARLIE MATHER

No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community...

MARATHON NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: JC MORA

No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community...

WILD THINGS: AN EYE ON THE SPARROW WHEN THE GOING GETS NARROW

It is important, I believe, to allow yourself to be dumb about certain things, to permit yourself to wallow in the hazy comfort of...

BASILICA HIGH SENIOR COMMITS TO CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

Gloria Slavik made history on Jan. 30 when she signed a letter of intent, formally accepting a college volleyball scholarship and committing to play...