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.
HELP WANTED: NEW TDC PRESIDENT/CEO; OFFICIAL SAYS AGENCY ALSO NEEDS A CFO
The Florida Keys is hiring for a brand-new position leading Monroe County’s multimillion-dollar tourism agency: president and CEO of the Tourist Development Council.
It pays...
20 UNOPPOSED KEYS CANDIDATES GET EASY WINS
Key West’s next mayor is Danise “Dee Dee” Henriquez, who was automatically elected on June 14, as no one else signed up to run...
CLEVELAND BROWNS PLAYER ARRESTED FOR DUI AFTER DRIVING THROUGH KEY WEST RESTAURANT, POLICE SAID
A 23-year-old NFL player was arrested Wednesday night for DUI after Key West police said he crashed an SUV into the Red Shoe Island...
TOURIST ARRESTED FOR STEALING CASH FROM TIP JAR IN KEY WEST, POLICE SAID
A New Jersey woman was arrested Sunday after police said she reached into a tip jar on the counter of a Key West store...
NICHOLAS FILOSA: A FATHER’S DAY PROFILE BY HIS DAUGHTER GWEN
My father is 89. Nicholas Alfred Filosa has led quite a life, a kid from Massachusetts who grew up to be a bank president....
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