4TH OF JULY PARADES & FIREWORKS DISPLAYS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Local parades, beach parties and on-the-water fun topped off by fireworks displays will highlight Independence Day celebrations throughout the Florida Keys.
Key West
The Key Lime Festival features culinary...
BUBBAS: BAHAMA VILLAGE MUSIC PROGRAM IS THIS YEAR’S CHARITY RECIPIENT
Despite the ongoing nominations and feverish voting, the real winner in the 2022 Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards is the Bahama Village Music Program.
Each year, the...
HOW SAFE ARE FLORIDA KEYS SCHOOLS?
It happened again. A mass shooter killed 19 kids and two teachers at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas on May 24.
As the nation debates and divides...
2022 FANTASY FEST KING & QUEEN CAMPAIGN WILL BE LAST FOR A.H. MONROE
“Thanks for the memories.”
That’s the sentiment, and the theme, behind the upcoming 2022 Royal Campaign of Fantasy Fest, which will be the last to benefit AH of...
HURRICANE GROTTO AT KEY WEST’S CATHOLIC CHURCH TURNS 100
The scent of sulfur from struck matches fills the small, stone space inside the Our Lady of Lourdes grotto, known locally as “the hurricane grotto” at the...
KEYS 100 ULTRAMARATHONERS GRIND OUT TOUGHEST RACE YET
With temperatures in the high 80s and humidity approaching 90% for much of the day – a combination weatherspark.com classified as “miserable” – hundreds of extreme endurance...
THE LADY CONCHS ARE OFF TO STATE PLAYOFFS
The Key West Lady Conchs softball team made history Friday night, May 20, by winning the 4A regional championship in convincing fashion over the St. Brendan Sabers...
DRAMA ON THE KEY WEST PLANNING BOARD
A bit of drama started last week’s Key West Planning Board meeting, when longtime board member Jim Gilleran left the meeting before it began, citing “serious ethical...
KEY WEST GRADS COLLECT DIPLOMAS ON JET SKIS
Most high school graduates don’t wear life jackets with their cap and gown. But then, most high school graduates don’t ride jet skis to collect their diplomas.
Somerset Island...
KEY WEST BRIEFS: HOUSING, HURRICANES, ARTS & MORE
Community partnerships help homeowners
Habitat for Humanity’s Neighbors Helping Neighbors program partners Habitat’s construction staff with Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies, who volunteer to make repairs to Lower Keys...
