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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DRUNK DRIVER WHO SLAMMED INTO MCSO DEPUTY’S CRUISER ON US 1 HAD .310 BLOOD-ALCOHOL LEVEL, SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAID
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Deputy was seriously injured April 9 while he was handling a traffic stop on U.S. 1, after a drunk driver struck...
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MICHAEL FRANTI & SPEARHEAD BRING BIG LOVE TO KEY WEST
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People across the island chain would ballpark...
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