KEY WEST NAMES NEW GROWTH MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR
The city of Key West recently welcomed Patrick Wright back to city hall as director of growth management.
Wright is an experienced planner with expertise...
NO MORE PAID LEAVE FOR KEY WEST BUILDING CHIEF
Three weeks of paid administrative leave for Key West’s three-times-indicted chief building official ended after an administrative hearing at city hall on Thursday, May...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: PHIL CLARK WAS ‘THE PIRATE WHO LOOKED AT...
“Mother, mother ocean, I have heard you callWanted to sail upon your waters Since I was three feet tallYou’ve seen it all …. You’ve seen...
FBI INTERVIEWS OF KEY WEST EMPLOYEES DETAIL FAVORS & CRONYISM AT CITY HALL
Key West’s chief building official, Raj Ramsingh, remains on paid administrative leave while awaiting an employment hearing.
City manager Brian L. Barroso has indicated in...
LONGTIME EDUCATOR HARRY RUSSELL TO CHALLENGE MARY LOU HOOVER FOR KEY WEST CITY COMMISSION...
Longtime Key West resident and educational and civic leader Harry Russell recently announced his candidacy for the Key West City Commission, District 5, challenging...
NEAR-FATAL SHOOTING STARTS WITH FIGHT OVER MAC & CHEESE
Two Key West men were shot by another Key West man in the pre-dawn hours of May 4 when a fight that started over...
NEW AQUEDUCT FACILITY CAN TURN SEAWATER TO DRINKING WATER
The Lower Keys is a little less reliant these days on the past-its-prime pipeline that brings drinking water from the mainland to the island...
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: PONY CHARVET AND THE LANGUAGE OF THE HEART
Pony Charvet’s grandfather was an animal trainer in a circus. His hippie parents named him “Pony” because they wanted him to run free, and...
ROGO BILLS HIT ROADBLOCKS IN TALLAHASSEE
By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy
Four bills that could have provided hundreds or thousands of new building rights to the Florida Keys at the...
MISS ISLAND QUEEN CONTESTANTS ARE ON A MISSION; DRAG PAGEANT RAISES MONEY FOR SAMUEL’S...
Six well-known local contestants are paired with six professional drag coaches as they create and embody an alter ego and compete for Miss Island...