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LIGNUMVITAE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATES HOLIDAYS & HISTORY

Some 250 Keys residents and visitors participated in the annual Lignumvitae Christmas celebration at Lignumvitae Key Botanical State Park on Dec. 6.  The secluded island...

COLD-STUNNED ENDANGERED KEMP’S RIDLEY TURTLES ARRIVE IN STYLE AT THE TURTLE HOSPITAL

More than two dozen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys on Dec. 9 to warm up and receive treatment after...

READING BETWEEN THE TRACKS: THREE TRAIN TALES OF HISTORY, MYSTERY AND REBELLION

Orphan TrainBy Christina Baker Kline From the mid-1800s through 1929, children living in overcrowded New York City orphanages were boarded onto trains and sent west...

COLLEGE RECEIVES $80K FOR NEW NURSING SCHOLARSHIP

The College of the Florida Keys Foundation received an $80,000 gift from John D. Parce to fund a scholarship for nursing, a tribute established...

DORIAN PATTON NAMED KEY WEST’S EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR

Key West Mayor Dee Dee Henriquez on Dec. 2 honored Dorian Patton III as the city’s employee of the year. Henriquez’s remarks are here: Today,...

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MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HONORS MEMBERS OF THE YEAR

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WILD THINGS: THE GREAT WHITE HERON — A QUESTIONABLE BIRD

The great white heron came in fast and loud,...