PARTY ANIMALS: FANTASY FEST ROYALS RAISE MORE THAN $500K FOR KEYS SPCA
Wow. Just wow.
This year’s six-week fundraising campaign for King and Queen of Fantasy Fest netted a record-breaking $587,375 for the Florida Keys SPCA.
The Royal Coronation took place...
ZOMBIES ON BIKES TAKE OVER KEY WEST
Zombies are typically pictured staggering through desolate landscapes, but that’s not what transpired Sunday evening during Key West’s Fantasy Fest Zombie Bike Ride.
Instead, several thousand of the...
MEET SOME FURRY FACES AT THE FLORIDA KEYS SPCA IN KEY WEST
The Keys Weekly family loves animals as much as our friends at the Florida Keys SPCA do, and we’re honored each week to showcase some “furever” friends...
ST. PAUL’S CHURCH IN KEY WEST WINS GRANT FOR RESTORATION
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Duval Street recently received a $250,000 grant to help restore its iconic facade, including the bell tower, which has been silent due...
FLORIDA KEYS HISTORIAN TOM HAMBRIGHT WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS
He seemed to know nearly everything about Florida Keys history — military, politics, influences, events, economics and, yes, scandals. And if historian Tom Hambright didn’t know the...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE LOWER KEYS
Dear Editor,
The cancer center went broke. I nearly did. Others in health care are adapting as they can to survive here. A national health care crisis is...
KEYS HISTORIAN TRACES JIMMY BUFFETT’S FIRST SHOWS IN KEY WEST
This was written by Corey Malcom, lead historian in the Monroe County Library’s Florida Keys History Center, as part of his monthly “Island Chronicles.” It is republished...
ALL CREATURES GREAT & SMALL GET BLESSED AT BASILICA SCHOOL
The Basilica School of St. Mary Star of the Sea celebrated the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, Italy’s animal-loving patron saint, on Oct. 4 with the...
COMMUNITY LEADER ROOSEVELT SANDS JR. DIES AT 93
Roosevelt Sands Jr., who served as a devoted mentor, church leader and civil rights activist across generations in Key West, died Oct. 9 at a Miami-area hospital,...
KEY WEST OFFICIALS TALK PAINTED BOOBS — AGAIN
Bring some popcorn for the Key West City Commission meeting on Thursday, Oct. 12. It’s time again for the city’s elected officials to discuss, debate and define...
