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KEY WEST POLICE CALLS & ARREST HAVE DECLINED CONSIDERABLY

The Key West Police Department’s Communications Center has seen a steady decline in calls for service and 911 calls to dispatch over the last...
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FRINGE THEATER TELLS 2 SIDES OF A LOVE STORY

Fringe Theater presents Jason Robert Brown’s award-winning musical “The Last Five Years” at the Key West Armory, 600 White St., through March 29 at...
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SCHOOL BOARD CALLS TIMEOUT ON $4 MILLION INCREASE IN KEY WEST STADIUM COSTS

School board members had sticker shock when they saw the latest price tag for Key West High School’s new football stadium and baseball complex. Expecting...
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CITY OFFICIALS TO FDOT: LEAVE THE TREES; SKIP THE RAILINGS ON N. ROOSEVELT PROMENADE

“Remove the guardrails and leave the trees.” Commissioner Billy Wardlow summed up the Key West city commission’s sentiments during the March 14 meeting.  State transportation officials...
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KEY WEST GALLERY WELCOME ARTIST PHILLIP ANTHONY, THEN CELEBRATES THE COLORFUL WORLD OF PETER...

Key West Gallery, 601 Duval St. will celebrate two different but equally impressive painters this month, one who’s still at the front end of...
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TASTE OF KEY WEST RETURNS TO TRUMAN WATERFRONT MARCH 25

The 29th ‘Taste of Key West’ will feature Key West and Lower Keys chefs specializing in seafood, Caribbean and Cuban flavors, European delicacies, Asian...
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FLORIDA KEYS BRACE FOR POTENTIAL MASS MIGRATION FOLLOWING DISARRAY IN HAITI

Gov. Ron DeSantis ordered a wave of state officers and guardsmen to the Florida Keys in preparation for possibly more maritime voyages among migrants...
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FOREIGNER’S FAREWELL TOUR ROCKS KEY WEST AMPHITHEATER

If you sang along to the radio in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, you sang songs by Foreigner. You heard their hits in the...
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ARMED GIRL FATALLY SHOT BY MONROE COUNTY DEPUTY; SHERIFF CALLS IT SELF-DEFENSE

A Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy fatally shot a girl who was armed with a stolen handgun early Monday morning on Stock Island. She was...
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MILES TO GO: FREE PARKING ISN’T JUST FOR MONOPOLY; A REVIEW OF LOCAL PARKING...

Note to self: Key West’s residential parking permits expire Oct. 31. All of them. Every year. No matter what month they were issued. Those...