NEW MURALS IN KEY WEST TRANSFORM HISTORIC CIGAR FACTORY
Boxy and bland in all-over beige, the hulking historic building at 2010 Staples Ave. wasn’t much of a headturner.
Built around 1912, the 7,000-square-foot building housed the Martinez...
KEYS HISTORY: THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE BITTEN
The year was 1975. I had just turned 10 when the Steven Spielberg classic “Jaws” came out. On a hot summer day, I sat in a dark,...
KEYS CORAL GROUPS GET PROACTIVE TO BEAT THE HEAT
As summer continues to blaze on, it’s getting hotter and weirder. After last year’s coral calamities, the Florida Keys scientific and restoration community is again bracing for...
OCEAN STUDIES CHARTER SCHOOL EXPANDS WITH PURCHASE OF ADJACENT PROPERTY
A recent property purchase will open up new opportunities for students and teachers at Ocean Studies Charter School.
The property, located at Key Largo’s former Church of the...
THE KEYS AND NEW YORK CREATE A TURTLE MASTERPIECE USING MARINE DEBRIS
In the months before World Oceans Week in early June, Keys resident Tiffany Duong worked in collaboration with Islamorada sponsors, as well as New York students and...
ROTARY CLUB OF KEY WEST INSTALLS NEW LEADERS: KEYS WEEKLY’S BRITT MYERS ACCEPTS THE...
Since 1916, members of the Rotary Club of Key West have been exemplifying the international organization’s ideal of “service above self.”
The club’s annual induction ceremony took place...
CONCH PRIDE: JOY NULISCH JOINS THE KEYS WEEKLY ‘SIDE TRACKS’ PODCAST TO TALK CONCH...
Joy Nulisch is a lifelong public schools educator, a podcaster, a Key West Conch Baseball expert and leader of the local fandom, a wedding officiant and a...
PLASTIC PROBLEMS: MINUSCULE MARINE DEBRIS PLAGUES WILDLIFE
As the Florida Keys gear up for water activities, lobster mini-season and fishing seasons, we must pause and consider a pressing issue: the alarming presence of plastics...
OUTGOING KEY WEST MAYOR TERI JOHNSTON WANTS THE TDC PRESIDENT/CEO JOB: ‘WE NEED TO...
Teri Johnston, the outgoing mayor of Key West is among the applicants for the newly devised Monroe County Tourist Development Council president/CEO position, saying she has the...
UPPER KEYS PILATES STUDIO NOW CO-OWNED BY LONGTIME FRIENDS & INSTRUCTORS
“The more pilates you do, the more pilates you want to do,” said Pilates in Paradise owner Christi Allen Franchini.
“It doesn’t weigh you down; you will leave...
