2022 ELECTION RESULTS: KEYS WEEKLY COVERAGE
An Aug. 23 primary in the Florida Keys saw several candidates handily winning their races and taking their seats. Others successfully secured the Republican...
HUMOR: TOP 10 THINGS OVERHEARD AT THE POLLS
More than 18,000 registered voters – about one in every three – cast ballots in the Aug. 23 primary election in Monroe County. For...
KEYS HISTORY: NO NAME KEY PROPERTY HAD TREES & TRAPS
The stocky Russian with large hands named Nicholas Matcovich left Key West with his wife Eliza in 1868. He had reportedly been managing a...
SPORTS & MORE: THE ICONIC VOICE OF VIN SCULLY GOES SILENT
I didn’t have the opportunity to hear Vince “Vin” Scully as often as Dodgers fans. My experience was often limited to the nationally televised...
BOOKS ABOUT SHOW BUSINESS, FROM TODAY & THE GOLDEN AGE
The Girls in the PictureBy Melanie Benjamin
Known as the “Queen of Movies,” Mary Pickford was the first actual movie star in Hollywood. She won...
STATE APPROVES FUNDING FOR 98 NEW KEY WEST APARTMENTS
The state of Florida told Key West officials in an Aug. 18 letter that 98 new workforce housing apartments at Truman Waterfront are approved...
WILD THINGS: THE WORST BIRD DOG IN THE WORLD
I remember the breeder’s place was in an orange grove just north of Okeechobee. There was a barn with two walls (a pole held...
KEY WEST BREWFEST ON TAP FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND
Where else but Key West can someone raise money for a local Rotary Club’s scholarship program by drinking beer, eating gourmet food and enjoying...
‘WE WON’T GO BACK’: KEY WEST HOSTS WOMEN’S CHOICE MARCH
Key West residents and visitors toted signs, chanted and marched Aug. 21 on Duval Street as part of the nationwide “We Won’t Go Back”...
MARLINS DAY: KEY WEST PLAYS BALL WITH MIAMI MARLINS
By Caroline Smith
The Miami Marlins celebrated the Southernmost City during Key West Day at the Marlins’ loanDepot Park on Aug. 13 during the second...
