New book, co-authored by local, is a fascinating look at the past

Here’s a little known fact about Brian Schmitt of Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate: besides being an industry expert on one of the Keys’...

The Bum Farto Files: The Perfect Storm

Key West Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

The Bum Farto Files: The Dollar Dance

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

The Bum Farto Files: A Bum Rap

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

The Bum Farto Files – Too Many Chiefs

Key West Fire Chief Joseph "Bum" Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

The Bum Farto Files: Married to the Mob

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

THE BUM FARTO FILES: COPS AND ROBBERS

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976, while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

Virtual Lecture delves into Indian Key attack

Keys History & Discovery Center presents…  “Death at Indian Key: An Unusual Indian Attack,” a live virtual lecture on Wednesday, April 29, 6 p.m.,...

The Bum Farto Files: Bubbas and chiefs

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...

The Bum Farto Files: Better Red than Dead

Key West Fire Chief Joseph “Bum” Farto disappeared on Feb. 16, 1976 while awaiting sentencing for a drug trafficking conviction stemming from Operation Conch...