WHAT’S THIS? ANOTHER 50+ AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION

BOAT WORKS RESIDENCES Marathon, Florida What: 52 units of affordable housing featuring a majority of two-bedroom, two-bath apartments, but also one-bedroom and one-bath apartments and three-bedroom,...

FLORIDA’S FLAGSHIP FALTERS: GROUP STRUGGLES TO SAVE SCHOONER WESTERN UNION

The once stately schooner Western Union, flagship of Key West and the state of Florida, is an unrecognizable shell of her former self, nearly...

BREAKING NEWS: TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPER BOWL LV

Sunday’s Super Bowl LV was tough to watch for Chiefs fans, who kept waiting for the team’s third-quarter magic to kick in….any minute now....

NEW LOCATION, MURAL BOOSTS MEADERY IN KEY LARGO

Last week, Keys’ Meads co-owner Jeff Kesling and head distiller Jeff Wingate sat at a table and swirled amber-colored fluid in small snifters. They...

BETTER THAN SEX: KEY WEST’S DESSERT EXPERIENCE SATISFIES IN 5 CITIES

Scientists agree that early man developed a taste for sugar as a means of survival. The “sweet tooth” is an evolutionary adaptation that ensured...

THESE GIRLS — WHO CAN LIFT THEIR OWN WEIGHT — HEADED TO STATES

For most Lady Fins, the weightlifting season is over. But Rylan Chapa, who is ranked seventh coming into the state championship, and Allie Brabenec,...

‘Unlikely Bedfellows’ — The NFL’S groundbreaking coral collaboration for Super Bowl LV

“Unlikely bedfellows.” That’s how Jim Ritterhoff, executive director of Force Blue, described the coming together of military veterans, the National Football League (NFL), coral...

KEY WEST OFFICIALLY OUTLAWS CHICKEN-FEEDING

It’s official — cock-a-doodle-don’t feed the chickens. Key West officials on Feb. 2 made it illegal to feed the island’s wild chicken population. Whether the...

Governor’s spending plan includes critical Keys dollars

A budget proposal unveiled by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week showed $4.3 billion more in spending, with $2.6 billion accounting for costs of the...

SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RUN WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH, FOR RUNNERS REGISTERED LAST YEAR

There’s a sense in the Keys that things are returning to normal, finally: the 7 Mile Bridge Run will take place in 2021. Organizers...