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SPCA NEEDS HURRICANE FOSTERS FOR 2022 SEASON

When hurricanes come knocking in the Florida Keys, animals waiting for forever homes in shelters need a hand getting out of Dodge, too. The Florida...
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DEVELOPING TROPICAL STORM COULD MAKE SOME KEYS ROADS IMPASSABLE

A disturbance inching its way toward South Florida and the Florida Keys is expected to become a tropical storm later today. That’s according to...
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2022 FANTASY FEST KING & QUEEN CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAST FOR A.H. MONROE

“Thanks for the memories.”  That’s the sentiment, and the theme, behind the upcoming 2022 Royal Campaign of Fantasy Fest, which will be the last to...
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KEYS HISTORY: THE STORY OF SPANISH MARIE RUM RUNNER

By every account, Marie was quite a woman. Born in 1903 to a Swedish father and Mexican mother, she grew up to be 6...
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JOYFUL KEYS LIVING: FARM GIRL & EDUCATOR FROM CINCY GIVES BACK TO KEYS COMMUNITY

By Emily Steele If you have been reading this bi-weekly column you have seen my byline under each title. I have enjoyed interviewing and writing...
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KEY WEST THEATER PRESENTS JASON LAMSON BAND JUNE 18

How does a kid who grew up on an ostrich farm in Georgia end up singing, playing guitar and writing songs in Key West?  His...
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CAPTAIN CORAL & CREW INVADE ZOO FOR CORALPALOOZA KICKOFF

In the run-up to World Oceans Day, Zoo Miami is bracing for impact. On Saturday, May 28 Captain Coral and his Coral Restoration Foundation...
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HELP KEEP KEY WEST BEAUTIFUL

By Dorian Patton One hour a week makes a huge difference, and volunteers are always welcome every Friday morning, when teams clean up a designated...
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HURRICANE GROTTO AT KEY WEST’S CATHOLIC CHURCH TURNS 100

The scent of sulfur from struck matches fills the small, stone space inside the Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, known locally as “the hurricane...
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WILD THINGS: MY KINGDOM FOR MY SHRIMPER BOOTS

My Nikes were holding me back, keeping me from getting a good look at the bird.  In high school, running cross country and track, a...