HOLIDAY GUIDE: YULETIDE YOUR WAY
The year of my divorce, I moved into my first solo apartment in over a decade on December first. Christmas was imminent, yet felt like a lifetime...
HOLIDAY GUIDE: NOT EVERYONE CELEBRATES CHRISTMAS
I remember learning as a kid that not everyone celebrated Christmas. There were places in the world, kids living on the far side of that giant map...
HOLIDAY GUIDE: BEHIND THE SCENES OF A CHAOTIC CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
“Where do you think you’re going? Nobody’s leaving. Nobody’s walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas. No, no. We’re all in this together.” With those words, Clark...
SHERIFF: BEWARE OF HOLIDAY SCAMS
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office is reminding everyone this holiday season often brings with it an uptick in cell phone, internet and jury duty scams, among a...
MILES TO GO: RUN FOR YOUR LIFE & OTHERS’ LIVES
A good friend (and colleague) here in the Florida Keys needs help, but is afraid to ask. There’s the stigma and the sense that people will look...
LOCAL FAMILIES LACE UP SNEAKERS FOR AN ALZHEIMER’S CURE
Bud Conlin is a retired elementary school principal. Marta Bonatz is a retired national sales manager who spent 30 years with DuPont. Both now live in Key...
SAFE HOLIDAY TRANSACTIONS: USE THESE SHERIFF’S OFFICE LOBBIES THIS SEASON
The holiday shopping season is in full swing and as such, Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay is reminding the community they may use the lobbies of the...
IN PICTURES: ISLAMORADA NURSING HOME RESIDENT TURNS 100
A community room at Oasis at the Keys Nursing & Rehab transformed into a festive celebration for resident Nieves Cobacho’s 100th birthday on Nov. 30. Awaiting Cobacho’s...
MARKED SAFE: HURRICANE FLAGS BURNED IN KEY WEST TO MARK END OF THE SEASON
A group of Florida Keys residents used rum to ignite and burn hurricane warning flags Saturday at Key West’s Truman Waterfront to mark the official Nov. 30...
HOLIDAY GUIDE: PLURALIZING YOUR FAMILY’S NAME ON HOLIDAY CARDS
We are fortunate to be surrounded by wordsmiths in our offices (thank goodness). They make us sound much smarter than we are.But every once in a while...
