BOOKS THAT MAKE US THANKFUL FOR F(READ)OM
Immigrant stories from China and El Salvador and echoes through the halls of Ellis Island. People who made the choice to leave their homes and start over...
SOMEONE YOU SHOULD MEET: JOHN STRONG DELIVERS THE GOODS
By Cricket Desmarais
So you need to send a day’s worth of freshly caught fish to your cousin in Kansas, or your late Aunt Sally’s Tiffany barware that...
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS SELECT MAYOR, SET PRIORITIES FOR FLORIDA KEYS
The Monroe Board of County Commissioners selected Craig Cates as the next mayor and Holly Merrill Raschein as the mayor pro tem for the coming year during...
MOTE MARINE HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL ‘TOYS FOR TOURS’ IN FLORIDA KEYS
Mote Marine Laboratory is once again teaming up with local Toys for Tots organizers to help give back this holiday season.
Last year, with the help from the...
HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS IN KEY WEST
Key West Holiday Fest, the southernmost city’s annual joyous celebration of the season, is set to kick off on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. Whether you delight in...
KEY WEST’S SEA-TO-SEA RAINBOW FLAG HEADS TO COLORADO SPRINGS AFTER NIGHTCLUB SHOOTING
When Key West unfurled the world’s longest rainbow flag down Duval Street in June 2003, it was a day of celebration, pride and unity.
The same celebratory sentiments...
LOCAL TEEN WRITES FLORIDA KEYS CHRISTMAS BOOK
By Abigail Haddock
The Keys may never have a white Christmas, but 17-year-old author Holly Eddleston has written a children’s book about an island Christmas adventure in which...
YOUR FRIENDS AT THE KEYS WEEKLY SHARE THEIR FAVORITE THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS
However you choose to celebrate, Thanksgiving is a time for being with family (or friends who feel like family) and chowing down on incredible food. In anticipation...
KEY WEST KIDS TALK TURKEY & GIVE THANKS
Hand-colored turkeys and fall leaves lined the halls of most elementary schools around the country last week.
But Gerald Adams Elementary School on Stock Island takes a different...
SPORTS & MORE: MEMORIES OF A SPORTS REPORTER & EDITOR
Several months ago, I was asked to speak to the Sunrise Rotary Club about people I've met in my 65 years as a sports journalist. As I...
