TIME’S UP FOR TRANSIENT RENTALS IN TRUMAN ANNEX; 20-YEAR AGREEMENT ENDS DEC. 22
Twenty years felt like some far-off date in the future back in 2005. It was the year of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and...
AND THE POINT IS? SUBSTITUTE SOUTHERNMOST BUOY SHIFTS TO NEW SPOT, TEMPORARILY
Key West’s most photographed landmark is boarded up behind construction fencing, but a substitute Southernmost Point buoy has been erected at a temporary new...
KEY WEST REMEMBERS THE DAY OUR WORLD CHANGED ON SEPT. 11, 2001
Anyone old enough to remember the first iPods and the last “Friends” episode damn sure remembers the Tuesday that changed the world in 2001...
FORMER KEY WEST OFFICIAL RAJ RAMSINGH FACES SEVEN MORE OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT CHARGES
A Monroe County Grand Jury on Sept. 15 returned an additional seven-count indictment charging former Key West chief building official Raj Ramsingh with multiple...
BALFOUR BEATTY ACCUSED OF ‘CONCEALING HORRIFIC CONDITIONS’ FROM MILITARY RESIDENTS
An additional 80 people have joined a lawsuit that accused military housing giant Balfour Beatty Communities of “concealing horrific (housing) conditions from unsuspecting service...
KEY WEST ATTORNEY FILLS COUNTY COURT SEAT SPACE IN THE MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS
On Sept. 10, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the appointment of attorney Derek Lewis, of Key West, to serve as Monroe County’s newest judge.
Lewis has...
HISTORIC USCGC INGHAM — A SHIP WORTH SAVING
Secured along the seawall at Truman Waterfront, the ship commands attention, the searing white of its hull stretches out like a 100-meter dash (327...
NAVY OBJECTION DELAYS WISTERIA ISLAND MOORING FIELD
The county’s new 100-boat mooring field in the waters around Wisteria Island off Key West has been in bureaucratic purgatory for more than a...
JUDGE MARK JONES TO RETIRE NEXT YEAR AFTER 30 YEARS ON THE BENCH
Mark Jones, circuit judge for the 16th Judicial Circuit of Florida, will retire at the end of December 2026 and will not seek re-election...
LAWYERS, LEGAL FEES & LOTS MORE ON TAP FOR COMMISSION MEETING
What’s happening at city hall these days? Plenty.
The city commission will be in session and facing a hefty agenda when this issue of the...
