KEYS HISTORY: HOW IT DID IT ALL BEGIN?
There is a reason the history of a place like the Florida Keys can be written so many different ways. Some writers rehash the local legend and...
FORSTER’S LIFE CELEBRATED ON THE WATER
A community took to the water to remember the late Mike Forster on Oct. 23. Boats circled around the "Tiger" boat, which had Forster's sister, Jo-Ann, family...
KEYS HISTORY: CIGARS & FARMING APLENTY
It is difficult to tell a Key West or a Key Largo story without telling a Florida Keys story.
What time has done is produce a system of...
WILD THINGS: ASK THE BIRD GEEK
What happened to the parrots that used to fly around Old Town and eat mangoes? — Banyan Tree Amy
I’m not sure when you moved here, but when...
SPORTS & MORE: TEACHING & COACHING ARE A CURRY FAMILY AFFAIR
Although Nancy and Gary’s last name — Curry — is familiar to Key West residents, Gary clarified, “My family is from St. Petersburg.”
They are the Key West...
KEYS HUMOR: TOP 10 DO & DON’T HALLOWEEN COSTUMES FOR 2021
It’s that time of year again. Halloween brings out the best — and worst — in all of us. Many costume ideas and characters are trending in...
Silent Heroes: Breast Cancer Caretakers
Marathoner Armand Messina has been married to his wife, Shayne Messina, for 17 years. When the couple got the phone call in 2016 that she had been...
Martha Robinson: Bald, bold, beautiful
Bald heads won’t sweat under a knit cotton hat. Scrambled eggs and bacon are a perfectly acceptable dinner. Underwire bras are a thing of the past.
“It’s so...
‘NOBODY WALKS ALONE’ – MARATHON WOMAN SHARES HER BATTLE
Shayne Messina is a 20-year Marathon resident, local business owner of Sunmasters Elite Travel Inc., Upper Keys BPW member and a six-year breast cancer survivor and activist....
IN PICTURES: WOUNDED WARRIORS FIND HEALING WITH MOTORCYCLES & DOLPHINS
Harleys and dolphins aren’t exactly a natural pairing, but through Wounded Warrior Project’s Rolling Project Odyssey, 14 veterans were able to experience the effects of the marine...
