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:
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