KEY WEST SPENDS $300K TO RESTORE HISTORIC TELEGRAPH STRUCTURES
The city of Key West finally is restoring the crumbling and graffiti-covered cable huts at Mallory Square, a project City Manager Greg Veliz called “long overdue.”
Officials in...
FLORIDA’S FLAGSHIP FALTERS: GROUP STRUGGLES TO SAVE SCHOONER WESTERN UNION
The once stately schooner Western Union, flagship of Key West and the state of Florida, is an unrecognizable shell of her former self, nearly indistinguishable from the...
KEY WEST OFFICIALLY OUTLAWS CHICKEN-FEEDING
It’s official — cock-a-doodle-don’t feed the chickens.
Key West officials on Feb. 2 made it illegal to feed the island’s wild chicken population. Whether the handout is from...
THE STUDIOS OF KEY WEST STREAMS ‘SMITHTOWN’ PLAY FEB. 13-27
The Studios of Key West will present a virtual production of the powerful and timely new play “Smithtown,” written by Drew Larimore and directed by Stephen Kitsakos,...
KEYS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SINGS PRAISES OF UNSUNG HEROES
The Community Foundation of the Florida Keys (CFFK) will honor the efforts of volunteers from 83 local nonprofits at its Unsung Heroes virtual celebration at noon on...
KEY WEST’S ANNE MCKEE ART AUCTION IS AS VALUABLE AS ITS NAMESAKE
Original. Elegant. Valuable. Lasting. Irreplaceable.
The same words that describe the original creations in the upcoming Anne McKee Art Auction also accurately characterize the auction’s namesake.
McKee, who will...
KEY WEST PARROT HEADS DONATE $6,800 TO 8 LOCAL CHARITIES
The Key West Parrot Head Club brings together like minded people to promote friendships, organize social activities and support local charities. Each year the club selects eight...
KEY WEST WOMEN’S SHELTER HOSTS ONLINE POLAR PLUNGE CONTEST
Samuel’s House women and families shelter invites people everywhere to join this year’s first-ever Virtual Southernmost Polar Plunge and plunge their way, any way, however and wherever...
KEY WEST WORKERS CAN’T AFFORD KEY WEST RENTS — NOW WHAT?
Key West workers need to earn $33 an hour to afford Key West rents, said Anne Ray of the University of Miami’s Shimberg Center for Housing Studies....
KEY WEST MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO FEED ROAMING CHICKENS
Key West’s unofficial mascots are messy, especially in areas where well-intentioned residents feed them regularly. But the island’s resident chicken population will now have to fend for...
