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KEY WEST PAUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE SLAVE TRADE & ITS ABOLITION ON AUG. 27

Key West will join a global remembrance event to commemorate the International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition. The Key...
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WILD THINGS: THE SUBTLE MOVES OF THE SWALLOW-TAILED KITE

It is tempting to think of swallow-tailed kites as ethereal creatures, winged beasts that dip in and out of our plane of existence at...
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MARATHON ISSUES $256K IN PERMIT FEE REFUNDS AS 2,700 ELIGIBLE HAVE NOT YET APPLIED

Since April, the city of Marathon has received more than 700 building permit fee refund applications. The city is set to refund up to...
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DRIVER DIES IN COUNTY ROAD 905 CRASH

A driver died when his vehicle collided with a truck on County Road 905 on Sunday evening.  According to Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened...
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JOHN BARTUS: LIFE USED TO BE SIMPLE…

There are a lot of people alive today who won’t be able to remember any of the things I’m going to write about here,...
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ISLAND ASTROLOGER: WHAT’S IN STORE FOR YOUR SIGN?

HAPPY HERMES, THE ISLAND ASTROLOGER: Love on the Brain Compared to last week, this week’s astrology is downright vanilla with just a couple of rainbow...
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HEMINGWAY DAYS CELEBRATES THE LITERARY LEGEND IN KEY WEST STYLE

Just call him “Papa.” Actually, call them all “Papa” — all 140 of the white-bearded men wearing either fishermen’s knit sweaters or khaki fishing shirts...
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DIGITIZING KEYS HISTORY: INTERNS ARCHIVE COLLECTIONS FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

Some of the brightest young minds in history, library and museum studies sifted through historical documents from the local garden club inside the Florida...
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COUNTY COMMISSIONER MICHELLE LINCOLN ELECTED FIRST VP OF FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES

On June 30, Monroe County Commissioner Michelle Lincoln was elected as the first vice president of the Florida Association of Counties (FAC) at the...
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ROADWORK TO PROMPT NIGHTTIME CLOSURES ON SOUTH ROOSEVELT BOULEVARD

Beginning Sunday, July 16 at 10 p.m., northbound and southbound lanes of South Roosevelt Boulevard, and the pedestrian pathway, will be closed nightly Sunday...