Gwen Filosa
Gwen Filosa is The Keys Weekly’s Digital Editor, and has covered Key West news, culture and assorted oddities since she moved to the island in 2011. She was previously a reporter for the Miami Herald and WLRN public radio. Before moving to the Keys, Gwen was in New Orleans for a decade, covering criminal courts for The Times-Picayune. In 2006, the paper’s staff won the Pulitzer Prizes for breaking news and the Public Service Medal for their coverage of the Hurricane Katrina disaster. She remains a devout Saints fan. She has a side hustle as a standup comedian, and has been a regular at Comedy Key West since 2017. She is also an acclaimed dogsitter, professional Bingo caller and a dedicated Wilco fan.
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Roosevelt Sands Jr., who served as a devoted mentor, church leader and civil rights activist across generations in Key West, died Oct. 9 at...
KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL BAND STILL NEEDS TO RAISE $70K SO IT CAN PERFORM IN LONDON
What do you do when you need more than a quarter of a million dollars for the opportunity of a lifetime?
You hustle. Nonstop.
That’s what...
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Monroe County Commissioners are taking steps to ask voters in November 2024 to adopt a charter county form of government, which is essentially creating...
KEY WEST TEEN STABS CO-WORKER WITH 2 STEAK KNIVES, POLICE SAY
Monroe County prosecutors said on Oct. 2 they will charge a 17-year-old from Key West as an adult, a day after police arrested the...
KEYS UNITE AGAINST COURT CONSOLIDATION; TEMPERS FLARE OVER ROAD FLOODING
Florida Keys leaders – and a wide range of residents – have united in full force to oppose the idea of consolidating Monroe County’s...
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