KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: MIKEY DARE & THE MYTHICAL GOATS
For many years, an outline of my posterior adorned the upstairs bar top at Bagatelle, the lower Duval Street restaurant that was a high-rollers’...
IN PICTURES: KEY LARGO GOES GREEN DURING 26th IRISH FEST
Key Largo’s Caribbean Club turned green as the annual Upper Keys Irish Fest brought corned beef and cabbage, cold green beer, live music and...
KEY WEST BACK IN THE DAY: EVERYONE (STILL) GOES TO FAUSTO’S
When Jimmy Buffett wrote, “I’m goin’ down to Fausto’s/get some chocolate milk” in his 1976 classic “My Head Hurts, My Feet Stink, and I...
ONE OF FLORIDA KEYS’ MOST FAMED ATTRACTIONS TURNS 50
Fifty years ago, as America celebrated its bicentennial, Robert Reckwerdt leased a Lower Matecumbe Key marina from Ruth and Buck Starck. The Starcks had...
KEY WEST FILMMAKER EXPLORES ‘ONE HUMAN FAMILY’
Commentary by Antonio "Hollywood" Allen
The film “Paradise Reflected” premiered Feb. 6 at The Studios of Key West during the Rox Films gathering. But the...
KEY WEST CELEBRATES LOVED ONES AT CROOKS SECOND LINE PARADE
Talk about a celebration of life.
The 10th annual Crooks Second Line Parade, which marched down Duval Street on Feb. 15, takes its cue from...
COUNTY TO CAPITOL: LOCAL LEADERS SPOTLIGHT ISLAND NEEDS FACE-TO-FACE IN FLORIDA KEYS DAY
As the rest of Florida battled a brutal cold snap, government leaders and nonprofit reps from the state’s warmest county brought the needs and...
ICONIC LA CONCHA HOTEL OPENED 100 YEARS AGO
La Concha Key West, Autograph Collection, the hotel that has stood over the intersection of Duval and Fleming streets for a century, will celebrate...
SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES FINAL DESIGN FOR FOUNDERS BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS
By Frank Derfler and Jim McCarthy
Monroe County school board members unanimously approved a final design for $5.6 million in improvements to the baseball field...
IN PICTURES: JIMMY BUFFETT’S CORAL REEFER BAND KEEPS THE PARTY GOING
When Jimmy Buffett passed away in 2023, his instructions were clear: “Keep the party going.”
His fans and his band are doing exactly that.
Jimmy Buffett’s...
