THANK YOU, MOM – TRIBUTES TO KEY WEST MOTHERS
One day a year is wildly insufficient to honor the women who gave us life, helped us create our own life and make us who we are....
KEYS WOMAN MAGAZINE PROFILE: FRITZIE ESTIMOND SAYS ‘KEY WEST CHOSE ME’
The title on Fritzie Estimond’s business card — associate director, Key West Business Guild — doesn’t begin to do her justice.
With a ready laugh that fills the...
ARTIST LUIS SOTTIL VISITS KEY WEST GALLERY MAY 16-19
Artist Luis Sottil developed his “naturalismo” technique to represent Mother Nature in an art form that could bring the two essential values of intensity and tranquility to...
CASA MARINA RESORT WILL FIX ABANDONED EYESORE, BUT WANTS ZONING CHANGE FOR 23 NEW...
Nothing brings neighbors together like a proposal to build new 23 hotel rooms across the street, down the block or 200 yards away from their multimillion-dollar homes.
That’s...
RUNNERS CLUB DONATES $5K TO HIGH SCHOOL TRACK & CROSS COUNTRY PROGRAMS
The Southernmost Runners Club recently donated $5,000 to the Key West High School track and cross country programs. The funds were raised by volunteers who promote and...
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB GETS UNEXPECTED WINDFALL
Leaders of the local Boys & Girls Club, with its after-school and summertime child care programs for working families, may never know what the club did to...
WILL KEY WEST VOTERS APPROVE $300M BOND ISSUE ON NOVEMBER BALLOT?
Key West voters in November will be choosing more than a U.S. president, mayor and three new city commissioners. The city’s ballot also will ask voters whether...
HIGH SCHOOL FILM STUDENTS’ DOCUMENTARY ABOUT BAND’S LONDON TRIP WINS TOP PRIZE
When the Key West High School marching band, the Marching Conchs, crossed the pond to play in London’s New Year’s Day parade, not all of the students...
THERE’S A NEW QUEEN IN TOWN; DRAG QUEEN PUDDIN’ TAINE IS CROWNED QUEEN MOTHER
For 38 years, Key West has crowned a local drag queen as its honored Queen Mother, and this year was no different.
Puddin’ Taine took home the 2024...
MAKE THEM PAY: ‘ROCK STAR’ AUDITOR TARGETS TAX EVASION BY VACATION RENTAL OWNERS
I didn’t expect to use the term “rock star” in a story about the tax collector’s office, ever.
So I was skeptical when a Key West hotelier used...
