‘I’m a Working Man’ – Businesses, adults with disabilities benefit from jobs - A man standing in front of a store - Communication

‘I’m a Working Man’ – Businesses, adults with disabilities benefit from jobs

It’s Friday afternoon at Fausto’s Food Palace and David is meticulously bagging groceries while chatting away about his latest Special Olympics event — the...
Solar panels save Key West $1,100/month - A car parked on the side of a road - Luxury vehicle

Solar panels save Key West $1,100/month

The tilted structure that lines the parking lot at Key West’s City Hall is not a set of stadium bleachers or a shade pavilion,...
Coffee Roasters

Coffee-Making Couple Serves Up Rich Roasts

In 1996, Danny Ganim and Sharon Sealy met at culinary school in North Miami Beach, and it’s been smart quips and rich foods between...
Health Care

THIS IS NOT HEALTH INSURANCE … (but cost-sharing CAN act like it)

According to the Florida Department of Health in Monroe County, 19.3% of residents in Monroe County are uninsured. In Marathon, the number is 23.8%....
Iguana Bait hits the Publix shelves - A vase filled with pink flowers on a table - Florida Keys Brewing Co

Iguana Bait hits the Publix shelves

Florida Keys Brewing Company’s iconic Iguana Bait kölsch is now available for purchase at all Publix Supermarkets in the Florida Keys. This marks the...

Ocean Sotheby’s buys Re/Max All Keys in Marathon

On Jan. 2, 2020, Ocean Sotheby’s International Realty announced that Jo Ann Cook along with her Marathon, Florida based team will now operate as...

Fashion, culture, art and history

Today is what a true New Yorker would call “brisk and beautiful” — painfully blue skies and temperatures in the mid-40s — and this...
A typical picketing protest in front of Orogold cosmetic shop on Duval Street accuses the shop’s owners and employees of unethical business practices.MANDY MILES/’The Weekly Top: Orogold cosmetic shop owner Nir Chen sued Shirlee Ezmirly, a 92-year-old volunteer protester with the Key West Rip-Off Rapid Response Team, and 14 other team members who regularly picket the shop. KEY WEST RIP-OFF RAPID RESPONSE TEAM/Contributed Bottom: Shirlee Ezmirly, thumbs through a lawsuit, filed by Orogold shop owner that names Ezmirly and 14 other picketers as defendants in a defamation suit.

Cosmetic shop owners sue picketers

Key West’s cosmetic shop controversy has moved from the court of public opinion to Judge Tim Koenig’s courtroom. Orogold shop co-owner Nir Chen filed suit...

Concerns go viral

Corona beer seemed a bigger concern than the coronavirus for the groups of college students visiting the Keys for the annual spring break debauchery...

Locals make music

The new Key West-based record label, Conch Town Music, this week celebrates the release of its first two albums by local artists Bill Blue...