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.
HISTORIC WALGREENS BUILDING ON DUVAL SELLS FOR $5.2 Million
A Miami-based real estate group with historic family ties to Key West announced on Aug. 29 that it now owns a Duval Street gem:...
JIMMY BUFFETT, WHO CAPTURED KEY WEST IN HIS SONGS, PASSES AWAY AT 76
Jimmy Buffett, the legendary songwriter who tapped into his 1970s Key West experience to create his own genre of laid-back island rock and roll...
STOCK ISLAND SHOOTER CONVICTED OF MANSLAUGHTER; 2nd SUSPECT’S TRIAL IS NEXT WEEK
A jury in Key West found 34-year-old Mayque Gomez Marin guilty of manslaughter for killing a fisherman and father of three at a Stock...
SOUTHERNMOST POINT FIRESTARTERS AVOID JAIL
It was the peculiar Key West crime story heard around the world: Two tourists rang in the new year by lighting a fire that...
Miami real estate group announces buying historic Walgreens building on Duval Street for $5.2M
A Miami-based real estate group with historic family ties to Key West announced Tuesday it now owns a Duval Street gem: the Walgreens building...
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