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WHAT’S COOKING, KEY WEST? BAR 1 SALUTES KEY WEST’S NAVY HERITAGE

The U.S. Navy’s impact on Key West dates back more than 200 years — to March 25, 1822, when Navy Lt. Matthew Perry arrived...
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STORM SEASON PREP: IS YOUR WALLET READY FOR THE NEXT DISASTER?

When disaster strikes, how quickly you recover often depends on one key factor: your financial preparedness. Natural disasters — like hurricanes, floods, wildfires and heat...
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CASTAWAYS TAKE A BITE OUT OF CANCER WITH 2025 ‘BIGGER BOAT TOUR’

Starting on June 7, a group of kayakers, runners and bikers will paddle and pound the pavement through the entire Florida Keys – and...
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SOMEONE YOU SHOULD KNOW: MIMI McDONALD IS UPBEAT AND ONSTAGE

As Mimi Madden McDonald prepared to audition for her elementary school’s third-grade talent show many years ago, the teacher in charge asked what her...
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MILES TO GO: GOD, I’M OLD — NO, OBSOLETE

I turned 49 a couple of weeks ago and it hit me. Good lord, I’m old.  Not old, in the geriatric sense. I don’t have...
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KEYS HISTORY: SADDLEBUNCH KEY 

The modern Overseas Highway travels over the right-of-way that delivered Henry Flagler’s train to Key West – for the most part. It wasn’t always...
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STORM SEASON PREP: WILMA & THE SURGE: A RECOLLECTION

The composition isn’t bad, but the lighting is terrible, meaning the color is also terrible. And there’s a power line going across the top...
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BRING ON THE BUBBAS: NOMINATE YOUR FAVORITES EVERY DAY STARTING AT NOON ON THURSDAY,...

Welcome back to the Bubbas: Key West People’s Choice Awards, now in its 12th year of recognizing the best of our community for the...
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KEY WEST GRADS GUN IT TOWARD THEIR FUTURE

What started as a unique, COVID-era innovation has become a six-year graduation tradition for a charter high school in Key West. On May 23, Somerset...
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KEY WEST PAUSES TO HONOR THE FALLEN ON MEMORIAL DAY

Key West’s military groups paused the morning of May 26 to recall the reason behind the Memorial Day holiday with meaningful events to honor...