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MISS ISLAND QUEEN CONTESTANTS ARE ON A MISSION; DRAG PAGEANT RAISES MONEY FOR SAMUEL’S...

Six well-known local contestants are paired with six professional drag coaches as they create  and embody an alter ego and compete for Miss Island...
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KEYS HISTORY: OUTSIDE KEY WEST, TAVERNIER HAS THE MOST HISTORICAL STRUCTURES

Tavernier is a small community found on the southern tip of Key Largo. It was not the first to develop along this neck of...
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KEY WEST CODE DIRECTOR RETIRES AFTER ATTORNEY’S TERMINATION; BUILDING CHIEF AWAITS HEARING

Key West elected officials on Thursday, April 24 terminated the employment contract of twice-indicted city attorney Ron Ramsingh without cause. The next day, Code...
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KEYS SHERIFF: BEWARE OF E-Z/SUNPASS TEXT SCAM

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says scammers are sending texts falsely claiming to be from prepaid road toll programs — E-Z pass or SunPass...
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SIGNS OF THE TIMES: KEY WEST’S SECOND HANDS OFF PROTEST DRAWS HUNDREDS

Key Westers on April 19 once again joined the nationwide series of Hands Off protests and packed the 1300 block of White Street to...
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VESSEL GROUNDINGS DISLODGE ROUGHLY 175 CORALS IN THE UPPER KEYS

NOAA’s Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary recently rescued nearly 200 coral fragments dislodged by a pair of vessel groundings at Cheeca Rocks and Cannons...
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REHABBED GREEN TURTLE ‘ADDIE’ MAKES IT HOME FOR EARTH DAY

The warm waters off the Florida Keys provided the perfect welcome home for a rehabilitated sea turtle this Earth Day. Hundreds of spectators erupted...
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SCHOOL BOARD NAMES 4 FINALISTS FOR SUPERINTENDENT

And then there were four — finalists, that is, for the Florida Keys’ top education job. School board members on April 22 narrowed the list...
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MIX IT UP AT CUBAN SANDWICH THROWDOWN ON APRIL 26

I’ll be grabbing lunch at the Green Parrot Bar on Saturday, April 26.  No, not a liquid lunch — well, not entirely, although adult beverages...
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BUH-BYE, LIONFISH: ANNUAL DERBY CONCLUDES WITH FAMILY-FRIENDLY FESTIVITIES IN KEY LARGO

A derby dedicated to reducing the invasive lionfish in the waters off the Florida Keys will culminate with a free, family-friendly conservation science and...

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