Heads in Beds – DAC1 approves TDC funding
The Tourist Development Council’s district advisory council for District 1 (DAC1) has made its decision on funding approval for events in Key West. Ultimately,...
Female Entrepreneurs, Part I
The utility of Angela Carnoske’s cheekily-named KINK(Y) Wine Rubber is evidenced in the first two minutes that we meet. We are at Wine-O on...
Swimming Against the Current
It’s nice. It’s warm. We’re in a good mood. Hearing those words from the mouth of a New Yorker and recent transplant to South...
CUSTOM BOAT BUILDER
Keys native Pete Garcia had his own outlook on what he wanted to do and how he wanted to do it. For the 34-year-old...
Virginia Panico Announces Retirement – Key West Chamber Head Steps Down in December
Virginia Panico, long-time Executive Vice President/ CEO of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, announced she will retire at the conclusion of her current...
Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ crabber buys Conch Key marina and inn
Most crabbers in the Florida Keys are used to 70-plus degree temperatures while they work. But for Erik James, the new owner of the...
Young couple takes the reins at popular Marathon eatery
Sara and Dallas Cook are the new owners of Overseas Pub and Grill. Recently of Jupiter, Florida, the couple said they looked up and...
Mallory Square Meltdown: a bureaucracy vs. a restaurant without a kitchen
It’s gotten too hot in the kitchen. Or lack of a kitchen, rather.
The June 18 commission meeting took on the tone of Mom —...
Commercial fishermen can apply for Irma assistance
Twenty-one months after Hurricane Irma, the funds are in place to begin restoring the losses of commercial fishermen in the Keys. The Florida Wildlife...
A first look at the new boutique resort on Grassy Key
More than 100 locals showed up to celebrate the opening of the Grassy Flats Resort and Beach Club in the Middle Keys, pulling folks...
