STILL SHOPPING? SOME LAST-MINUTE GIFT IDEAS FROM THE FLORIDA KEYS
This is it folks, the last of the Keys Weekly gift guides to help our readers make the holidays simple and bright. We’re supporting local, small businesses...
Holiday craft market brings 40-plus vendors
More than 40 booths scattered the grounds of the Francis Tracy Garden Center in Tavernier on Nov. 30 for the Holiday Craft Market & Festival. In honor...
Sculpture donated to bird sanctuary on display in gallery
Donors near and far have supported the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center and founder Laura Quinn’s mission to rescue, rehabilitate and release birds back into the wild....
The Real Deal: Artist invited to NY art fair, celebrates studio anniversary
It was a celebration of various sorts for Valerie Perreault, the artist and owner of Portside Studio and Gallery in Islamorada. With her gallery recently marking its...
Fashion, culture, art and history
Today is what a true New Yorker would call “brisk and beautiful” — painfully blue skies and temperatures in the mid-40s — and this South Florida gal...
STATE OF BUSINESS amid coronavirus concern
By Sara Matthis, Mandy Miles and Jim McCarthy
Florida Keys airports and hotels remained open as of Wednesday. Bars were instructed by the state to close for the...
Virtual support platform delivers supplies, meets needs and helps locals
Community. Reaching out. Locals helping locals. These were the things on Stephanie Stevens’ mind when she launched the Florida Keys Request Line Facebook group earlier this week.
“From...
Have some fresh fish and some toilet paper
Panic grocery-buying is currently a widespread phenomenon in Florida and probably the whole country. But the Keys are uniquely positioned on this front — after all, we...
2nd Keys Publix employee tests positive
By: Tiffany Duong and Sara Matthis
The Weekly received confirmation early on April 18 from Publix corporate offices that an Islamorada store associate has tested positive for COVID-19.
In...
Islamorada botanic boutique shares top 10 tips for decorating with plants
Many of us have found ourselves stuck at home with a newfound (forced) motivation to renovate and change things up. Some tried gardening or raising houseplants for...
