PARADES & FIREWORKS HIGHLIGHT UPPER KEYS FOURTH FESTIVITIES
A parade featuring floats, boats, watergun wars and red, white and blue will kick off July Fourth festivities in the Upper Keys. In the...
KEY WEST CELEBRATES ITS SASSY CITRUS FRUIT JULY 2-6
Key West’s annual Key Lime Festival returns July 2-6, serving up a celebration of a certain citrus. From culinary events and tours to competitions,...
KEYS HISTORY: FAT DEER KEY, COCO PLUM BEACH & VACA CUT
In the Middle Keys, between Curry Hammock State Park and Key Vaca, is Fat Deer Key. Historically, it is a small group of islands.
In...
KEY WEST CORRUPTION MEETING GETS CONTENTIOUS
Yowza. A June 25 meeting about corruption in Key West and rebuilding public trust went off the rails in the first nine minutes, as...
FLORIDA KEYS RANKED NO. 1 IN THE STATE FOR BOAT ACCIDENTS IN 2024
In 2022, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) announced the state reached 1 million registered boats by recreational users.
If you add in...
BROWARD MAN FACES BUI MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE FOLLOWING DECEMBER BOAT CRASH THAT KILLED A YOUNG...
On June 25, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) investigators arrested Guy R. Erdman, 61, of Oakland Park, in Monroe County. He is...
MUSIC MAN: A SIT-DOWN WITH MARATHON’S LATE NIGHT LEGEND FREDDIE BYE
For more than 40 years, Freddie Bye has been the soundtrack of late night in Marathon.
He’s worked construction and fished commercially. He’s toured with...
19 BABY SEA TURTLES RESCUED FROM STORM DRAIN; IMPROPER LIGHTING LURED 11 OTHERS TO...
It was a team effort the night of June 23 when a group of disoriented loggerhead sea turtle hatchlings were rescued on South Roosevelt...
COAST GUARD SECTOR KEY WEST GETS NEW COMMANDER
The June 20 Change of Command ceremony for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Sector Key West saw Capt. Jason Ingram turn over the helm to...
POPULAR KEY WEST HAIRSTYLIST DETAINED BY ICE ON JUNE 12
Two weeks ago, Lee Stinton was a popular Key West hairdresser with a job, a partner of four years, a dog named Ernest Heminggay,...