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THE LOBSTER LOWDOWN: BRUSH UP ON RULES FOR MINI-SEASON BEFORE YOU HEAD OUT

Want an all-in-one primer as you get ready to hit the water for mini-season on July 30 and 31? The Keys Weekly staff have...
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FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: ARE THOSE WEIGHTED VESTS A TREND OR SUPERPOWER?

Am I the only one who has noticed that everyone on Sombrero enjoying their morning walk is now sporting a weighted vest? I mean,...
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STORM SEASON PREP: GET OUT WHEN FORECASTS CALL FOR LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE

Storm surge is often the greatest threat to life and property along the coast during and after a hurricane.  A number of deaths from major...
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KEYS WOMAN: THE ONES WHO SHOWED ME HOW TO NAVIGATE THE KEYS

By Nancy Klingener I was a 23-year-old newspaper reporter when I moved to the Keys in 1991. I didn’t know much about the place except...

KEYS WOMAN: THE NO-SPEND TREND

For a multitude of reasons, Americans are reevaluating their financial decisions and checking their expenditure report cards. While last year saw the rise of...
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KEYS WOMAN: SELF-HELP IS SO NOT FOR ME

Have you heard about the latest self-help trend circulating on social media —  the Let Them Theory — about letting people live their own...
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KEYS WOMAN: THESE FUTURE LEADERS ARE DRIVEN BY KINDNESS

Every generation has criticized the one behind it as being soft, coddled, unaware and incapable of surviving all that their predecessors endured. Do any...

KEYS WOMAN: I SURVIVED…MY 20s IN KEY WEST’S DARK AGES

OK, let’s lighten things up a bit. We themed this issue of Keys Woman around survival, basing the decision on October being Breast Cancer Awareness...

KEYS WOMAN: BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR’S JOURNEY SHINES LIGHT ON MAMMOGRAMS 

The silver and gold palm tree necklace worn by Anneke Patterson was a gift from her husband TJ shortly after she was diagnosed with...

KEYS WOMAN: LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS

By Mandy Miles Lori Reid had to get something off her chest, quite literally. Her breasts had betrayed her. The cancer that infiltrated them could have...