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.
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...
KEY WEST NATIVE KILLED IN JACKSONVILLE SHOOTING
A 52-year-old woman who was born and raised in Key West was one of three Black people fatally shot Saturday at a Dollar General...
CAR FLIPS IN DOWNTOWN KEY WEST; NO MAJOR INJURIES
For a carful of people and first responders, a steering mishap turned into a single-car crash in Old Town, where the flipped vehicle shocked...
US1 TRAFFIC SLOWDOWNS COULD HAMPER NEW DEVELOPMENT
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