STUDENTS AND STEWARDS
Twenty-two fifth graders from Plantation Key School ventured away from the classroom to a village preserve Feb. 25. With large buckets in hand, students joined forces with...
A short list of things you didn’t know about Ireland
No. 1
In 2015, the best selling beer in Ireland was … wait for it … Heineken. Since then there has been a wave of craft beer breweries...
New brickwork strengthens West Martello
West Martello Tower, the centuries-old, red-brick fortress on Key West’s Atlantic waterfront, hasn’t looked this good, or this strong, since the 1860s, when the Union Army built...
Utility lines must move for pedestrian bridge project, and it’s going to cost
Construction is set for May on a project to get pedestrians safely across U.S. 1 in Islamorada. Concerns are arising, however, over the costs associated with the...
Got hand sanitizer and toilet paper for days?
As the community adjusts to what’s become a “new normal” at home and at work, many groups helping those in need have found themselves in a shortage...
Trucks and trailers, RVs venture down for Labor Day weekend
Traffic into the Keys was steady through the mid- to late-afternoon hours of Sept. 4. A number of trucks hauling boats and RVs made their way into...
Key West may rename — not remove — Confederate pavilion
One has to look closely at the white-colmned pavilion at Bayview Park to see the reference to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Stephen R. Mallory chapter,...
BRIDGING THE GAP: LIMITED ACCESS ON DUCK KEY TO LAST 2 YEARS?
On Oct. 14, a Monroe County Public Works employee and a Sheriff’s Office deputy passed the time on the east side of Bimini Bridge, the second arch...
COVID LOWERS THE VOLUME ON KEY WEST’S LIVE MUSIC SCENE
An open-window drive down the island’s main tourism artery, past scores of bars and restaurants, once sounded as if someone had pressed “scan” on their car radio....
NEW COUNCIL LOOKS INTO PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE PROJECT AT FOUNDERS PARK
A newly-seated council wants information and answers to some questions over the Florida Department of Transportation’s pedestrian bridge project at Founders Park that’s currently in the final design...
