VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE FANTASY FACADE THROUGH OCT. 29
Each year Key West guesthouses, businesses and private homes compete for cash prizes in the Fantasy Façade Competition. This year the Key West Chamber of Commerce has...
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 been silent due...
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 at the San...
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 year for it...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: THE STATE OF HEALTHCARE IN THE LOWER KEYS
Dear Editor,
The cancer center went broke. I nearly did. Others in health care are adapting as they can to survive here. A national health care crisis is...
KEYS HISTORIAN TRACES JIMMY BUFFETT’S FIRST SHOWS IN KEY WEST
This was written by Corey Malcom, lead historian in the Monroe County Library’s Florida Keys History Center, as part of his monthly “Island Chronicles.” It is republished...
RAPIST GETS 10 YEARS FOR ATTACK BEHIND SOUTHERNMOST POINT BUOY
A Key West man who raped a tourist behind Key West’s most iconic landmark – after earlier stopping a man who was assaulting her – pleaded guilty...
COMMUNITY LEADER ROOSEVELT SANDS JR. DIES AT 93
Roosevelt Sands Jr., who served as a devoted mentor, church leader and civil rights activist across generations in Key West, died Oct. 9 at a Miami-area hospital,...
YOUTH PROGRAM EASES FOSTER KIDS INTO ADULTHOOD
Adulthood is a daunting endeavor, even for kids from stable, supportive families. So how is someone who didn’t grow up among mature, secure, capable adults expected to...
PARTY ANIMALS: FANTASY FEST PET MASQUERADE IS OCT. 25
Dozens of masquerade contests, themed parties and other spectacles will challenge the creativity of mask and costume designers during Key West’s Oct. 20-29 Fantasy Fest celebration —...
