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PARTY ANIMALS: FANTASY FEST ROYALS RAISE MORE THAN $500K FOR KEYS SPCA

Wow. Just wow.  This year’s six-week fundraising campaign for King and Queen of Fantasy Fest netted a record-breaking $587,375 for the Florida Keys SPCA. The Royal...
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ZOMBIES ON BIKES TAKE OVER KEY WEST

Zombies are typically pictured staggering through desolate landscapes, but that’s not what transpired Sunday evening during Key West’s Fantasy Fest Zombie Bike Ride. Instead, several...
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MEET SOME FURRY FACES AT THE FLORIDA KEYS SPCA IN KEY WEST

The Keys Weekly family loves animals as much as our friends at the Florida Keys SPCA do, and we’re honored each week to showcase...
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KEY WEST CITY COMMISSIONER CLAYTON LOPEZ HEALING FROM HEART SCARE

Clayton Lopez wasn’t playing hooky when he missed the Oct. 12 city commission meeting.  The longtime District 6 representative instead was in an ambulance bound...
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ST. PAUL’S CHURCH IN KEY WEST WINS GRANT FOR RESTORATION

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church on Duval Street recently received a $250,000 grant to help restore its iconic facade, including the bell tower, which has...
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KEY WEST HEADDRESS BALL CELEBRATES 40 YEARS

The year was 1983. Disco balls still glittered in Key West, where a still-new fall festival, called Fantasy Fest, was in its fourth year...
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FIGHT POLIO WITH THE ROTARY CLUB OF KEY WEST

The Rotary Club of Key West once again joins the organization’s global fight to eradicate polio with an END POLIO NOW event Nov. 1...
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WHAT’S ON TAP? CAYO HUESO BREWING OPENS TODAY ON STOCK ISLAND

Remember when home-brewed beer swept the country a decade or so ago? Wives gave their husbands beer-brewing kits for Christmas and the Willy Wonka-style...
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FLORIDA KEYS HISTORIAN TOM HAMBRIGHT WAS ONE FOR THE HISTORY BOOKS

He seemed to know nearly everything about Florida Keys history — military, politics, influences, events, economics and, yes, scandals. And if historian Tom Hambright...
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IS THIS THE LAST FANTASY FEST FOR PAINTED BOOBS?

Painted boobs will be allowed in the designated Fantasy Zone for this year’s 10-day Fantasy Fest celebration — but this could be the last...