BOCC will review first proposed budget on July 22
Budget season is upon us at city and county levels. On July 22, the Board of County Commissioners will convene to review the first...
The Trouble with Hemingway … and Women
I’ll warn you: I’m having a Papa’s Pilar Blonde at 1:53 p.m. on a work day in order to conjure the words necessary to...
Battle for the Birds! Parrothead Massacre raises funds for Key West Wildlife Center
The band Parrothead Massacre, as the name suggests, prides itself on brutally decimating the Trop Rock genre that pervades Key West. The four-piece punk/metal...
‘Dirty Reggae’ at Sunset Pier: Long Beach Dub Allstars and The Aggrolites
The Southern California music scene of the ’90s and early ’00s has become an iconic moment in time for ska, punk and reggae. Counterculture...
WHAT’S IN YOUR JULY-BRARY?
Come July, it’s no secret that stacks of best sellers fly hot off the presses! Libraries and book stores from Islamorada to Key West...
Virginia Panico Announces Retirement – Key West Chamber Head Steps Down in December
Virginia Panico, long-time Executive Vice President/ CEO of the Key West Chamber of Commerce, announced she will retire at the conclusion of her current...
The Cost of Diabetes – Drugs in District 26 some of most expensive
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Oversight and Reform released a report in late June, detailing the inordinate cost of diabetes drugs for Americans...
Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ crabber buys Conch Key marina and inn
Most crabbers in the Florida Keys are used to 70-plus degree temperatures while they work. But for Erik James, the new owner of the...
Kids summer troupe set to perform ‘Peter Pan’ in Marathon
By Sydney Schuhmacher
On Friday and Saturday, July 12-13, at 7 p.m., the Marathon Community Theatre (MCT) Children's Summer Theatre Program will present “Peter Pan...
Summer Reads for Every Beach Bookworm
As the holiday weekend approaches and you fire up those grills, be sure to have a great book in hand for before and after...
