IN PICTURES: ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE FLEET KICKSTARTS THE NEW YEAR IN ISLAMORADA
Local pastors stood on the bridge at Whale Harbor Channel in Islamorada as a fleet of boats approached for a blessing on a brisk and picturesque New...
IN PICTURES DRAG QUEEN DROPS INTO THE NEW YEAR
New Year's Eve revelers in Key West marked 2024’s arrival by watching the “drop” of a super-sized red high-heel shoe carrying female impersonator Christopher Peterson -- the...
MERRY GRINCHMAS: DR. SEUSS ICON VISITS BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
The king of Mount Crumpit seems to be nearly as popular as Santa Claus these days, and on Dec. 8, “the mean one” paid a visit to...
IN PICTURES: LIGHTED VESSELS & FIREWORKS ILLUMINATE FLORIDA BAY DURING BOAT PARADE
Roughly 30 boats decked with lights and inflatables proceeded up Blackwater Sound and past thousands of spectators during the annual Key Largo Boat Parade. Organized by the...
GLOWING REFLECTIONS: THREE HOLIDAY BOAT PARADES DELIGHT THE MIDDLE KEYS
Salt water and electricity don’t mix … unless it’s December in Marathon.
The second weekend of the holiday month brought three back-to-back boat parades to the Middle Keys,...
KEY WEST CELEBRATES HANUKKAH WITH MENORAH LIGHTING
International strife may have played a part in the larger-than-usual crowd attending Key West’s annual menorah lighting at Bayview Park on Dec. 10.
More than 150 residents, visitors...
LIVING, BREATHING HISTORY: SCENES FROM STANLEY SWITLIK’S ‘WAX MUSEUM’
Visitors to the Stanley Switlik cafeteria during the school’s Parent to Kid (PTK) night on Nov. 30 were treated to a walk through history, courtesy of a...
IN PICTURES: ISLAMORADA HOLIDAY FEST WELCOMES SANTA & SOME SNOW
Holiday cheer filled Islamorada’s Founders Park during the 19th annual Holiday Fest on Dec. 1, presented by the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce. Children and families enjoyed a...
KEY WEST HONORS WORLD AIDS DAY & THOSE THE ISLAND LOST
The AIDS epidemic had a devastating, and outsized, impact on the tiny island of Key West, where more than 700 friends and neighbors died in just a...
WESLEY HOUSE MAKES HOLIDAY MAGIC WITH BELIGHTED BIKE RIDE
Wesley House outdid itself with this year’s Holiday Village and BeLighted Bike Ride, transforming the Coffee Butler Amphitheater into a kids’ Christmas spectacle.
The Holiday Village on Dec....
