two boys standing next to a blue bicycle

GOOD-NEWS STORY: KEY WEST KID WINS BIKE & DONATES IT TO ANOTHER KID

Stories like these do the heart good. Local kids were asked to design a logo for this year’s Paddle for Paws, an annual kayak and paddleboard excursion off...
a man holding a bottle of gin in a yard

FLORIDA KEYS FRUIT BECOMES A PREMIUM VODKA

What do you get from a breadfruit once it’s been peeled, sliced, chopped and frozen? Just ask Patrick Garvey, the head of Grimal Grove Reserve in Big Pine...
a man in a military uniform sitting in a plane

MASS MIGRANT LANDINGS IN THE KEYS TAKE NATIONAL SPOTLIGHT

A growing migrant crisis in the Florida Keys is garnering attention among federal and state leaders in 2023. More resources to the Keys, per recent action by...
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COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS UNVEILS NEW CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL ON KEY WEST CAMPUS

Students in the Florida Keys will have a new option when it comes to high school this coming fall.  The College of the Florida Keys held a ribbon-cutting...
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IN PICTURES: KEY WEST WRESTLING GOING STRONG

Following an impressive second-place showing at the 12th annual Somerset Scuffle on Jan. 6 and 7, the Key West boys wrestling team returned home to compete in...
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NEDA JACKSON OF KEY WEST HIGH SCHOOL IS NAMED TEACHER OF THE YEAR

Neda Jackson, lead math teacher at Key West High School, has been named the Monroe County School District Teacher of the Year. She has served the students...
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FIRE & FLOOD: DEMOLITION & REBUILD BEGINS AFTER KEY WEST FIRE 

It’s been more than three months since a fire at Flagler Center, 3201 Flagler Ave., destroyed 14 residential units atop 10 or so ground-floor businesses. But work...
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SPORTS WRAP PODCAST, JAN. 12 – PART 2 WITH UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA ATHLETIC HALL...

PART 2: Key West and the Conch Republic recently received some very exciting news: 1984 baseball state champion Joey Wardlow was inducted to the University of Tampa...
a poster for the red barn theatre's big night out the party

RED BARN THEATRE HOSTS ‘BIG NIGHT OUT’ FUNDRAISER ON JAN. 15

As Key West’s Red Barn Theatre steps into its 43rd consecutive season of professional theater in the Southernmost City, it will be celebrating that milestone with one...
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WILD THINGS: ZEN & THE ART OF THE PATAGONIA PICNIC TABLE EFFECT

Ellen Westbrook and I were pretty much finished with the Christmas Bird Count. We’d spent the morning riding our bikes around Old Town, dutifully marking on the...

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