OPINION: A RETURN TO CRUISES & SMOOTH SAILINGS
Dear Editor:
Now that the legislation superseding the city-imposed restrictions on cruise ship traffic into Key West is reality, what should the community do? To...
KEY WEST SHELTER CAT MAKES OUR HOME HERS
Our new roommate sleeps in a wastepaper basket (after she knocks it over to empty it).
She follows us into the kitchen. On every trip...
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...
OPINION: ‘LOVE’ ISN’T A STRONG ENOUGH WORD FOR MOMS
‘Love’ isn’t strong enough.
Our language is woefully inadequate. How can the word that describes our affection for, say, a favorite sweatshirt, be the...
OPINION: OXITEC EMPLOYS ‘PERSUASION BY DECEPTION’
It is astonishing how average people could subject others to risky experiments not of their choice, under the false pretense of "science."
Oxitec/Mosquito Control are...
A tribute to tribute bands
The current situation surrounding the pandemic has caused many folks to get creative in how they go about their business. Conch Records founder and...
OPINION: OXITEC MOSQUITO PROJECT REFLECTS PUBLIC/PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP
10 years after the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) first invited Oxitec to the Keys, and in efforts to find effective methods for...
Plastic debris is choking the ocean
As we celebrate Earth Day, please be more careful with plastic bags and foam cups. And be sure to not let helium balloons loose.
The...
Opinion: affordable housing is under attack in Florida
This is your wake-up call, Florida, and we need your help to save affordable housing. Last week, Senate President Wilton Simpson and Speaker of...
LETTER: BILL PENALIZES LEGAL LIVEABOARDS IN KEY WEST & THE FLORIDA KEYS
The bills currently before our state legislators, House Bill 639 and Senate Bill 1086, which would require anchored boats in Monroe County to move...
