PAWS IN PARADISE: DON’T FORGET YOUR PETS – A HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE
Has your pet been naughty or nice? Chances are, probably both. It’s part of their special charm. You love them no matter what, so when the holidays...
MEET MATTHEW RAWLS: IN THE LIMELIGHT AT TENNESSEE WILLIAMS THEATRE
By Cricket Desmarais
Matthew Rawls scans the Tennessee Williams lobby, attending to last-minute details before the theater’s newly acquired production of “Nutcracker, Key West” opens. His focus is...
HEALTH AND THE HOLIDAYS — A TALE OF TWO FRIENDS
By Jennifer Boltz
It’s not uncommon for this time of year to feel like a battle, both mentally and physically. It may be coined “the most wonderful time...
LATE COACH MIKE LEACH WAS PART OF KEY WEST’S ONE HUMAN FAMILY
What does the recent death of a game-changing college football coach in Mississippi have to do with Key West?
Turns out, quite a bit.
Mike Leach was not only...
SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL MAKES FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS (DAY 1)
By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy
Day one of a two-day December meeting of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) was filled, for the most...
A NEW TAKE ON NIMBY? WEALTHY FAMILY BUILDS WORKFORCE HOUSING IN THEIR BACKYARD
It was hardly a surprise when billionaire condominium owners in Key West called NIMBY on the sheriff’s plan to build workforce-housing apartments on the vacant 1-acre lot...
NEW HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM PITS KEY WEST FOOTBALL AGAINST BASEBALL
A school board discussion of Key West High School’s new $17 million football stadium turned testy on Dec. 13, pitting football against baseball as baseball players learned...
JEWISH COMMUNITY CELEBRATES HANUKKAH IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Before anyone gets bent out of shape, there are several ways to spell the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah (or Chanukah).
We at the Keys Weekly checked with...
SPORTS & MORE: HOW MUCH IS TOO MUCH FOR AN ATHLETE TO BE PAID?
We don’t know how Brittany Griner is being treated now, but we assume it’s better in a U.S. Army hospital in San Antonio, Texas, than any of...
HALFWAY INTO SEASON, KEYS SOCCER TEAMS LOOK STRONG
All three Keys girls soccer teams boast winning records a week prior to the halfway point of the season. As of Dec. 12, the Lady Conchs are...
