LETTER TO THE EDITOR: LEGISLATION WOULD NOT GIVE THE STATE CONTROL OF OUR PORT
As a native Key Wester, and local ships’ agent, I want to share why Senate Bill 426 and House Bill 267 are a vital...
WILD THINGS: WHAT WE TALK ABOUT WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PAINTED BUNTINGS
The name bunting comes from a Scottish word that basically means plump. That seems judgmental. If they are plump, they are pleasingly plump, and...
WILD THINGS: THE AFTERNOON THAT HASN’T ENDED
It was mid June, hot as Hades and I was on the sidewalk outside of Harpoon Harry’s after lunch.
This was three years ago.
The heat...
KEEPIN’ IT SIMPLE AT SEA
I hail out of the port of Marathon, Florida, but about the time I see holiday stuff in the stores I start thinking of...
SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER EXPLAINS SCHOOL SCHEDULE & PARENT SURVEY
(Editor’s Note: The following submission comes from Monroe County school board member Sue Woltanski.)
Get informed. Choose wisely.
On March 29, parents of 6-12th grade students...
WILD THINGS: THE SUBTLE GENIUS OF SWALLOW-TAILED KITES
The kite shot out from nowhere, just above the road, doing something of a bootlegger turn, its face angled one way, its body sliding another....
WILD THINGS: THE ART OF BLENDING IN
The wind made it difficult to think. Tilt your head the wrong way and your hat would fly off and tumbleweed down the beach....
BREAKING NEWS: TOP 10 TAKEAWAYS FROM SUPER BOWL LV
Sunday’s Super Bowl LV was tough to watch for Chiefs fans, who kept waiting for the team’s third-quarter magic to kick in….any minute now....
OPINION: WE’RE RAISING A GENERATION OF KIDS WHO CAN HANDLE THE BUMPS
As we entered March of 2020, nobody could have imagined how quickly or how drastically the world was about to change. Now looking in...
WILD THINGS: VEXED BY A DUCK
I hate chasing birds. And I hate getting up early. And, closing out my third decade living in the Keys, I don’t much like...
