KEYS HISTORY: PRESERVING OLD WATER COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR GENERATIONS TO COME

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Several months ago, I was invited to one of the local Key Largo schools to talk with some students about the use of cisterns in early pioneer...

2023 COULD BE YOUR YEAR; LOOKING BACK AT LAST YEAR’S BEST OF UPPER KEYS

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Sixty-five fancy plaques – and bragging rights – await the winners of this year’s Best of Upper Keys. An awards ceremony Nov. 11 at Whale Harbor Restaurants...

KEYS HISTORY: SHARK PROCESSING PLANT BROUGHT TALES & SMELLS TO BIG PINE KEY

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Big Pine Key is found a couple of islands south (or really west) of the Seven Mile Bridge, and is one of the Lower Keys. It is...

KEYS HISTORY: THIS ISLAND WAS KNOWN FOR PIGEON FLOCKS & A RAILROAD WORKER HUB

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In the Florida Keys, we all have our favorite islands. My favorite, Indian Key, has an incredible story, and I have written an inordinate number of columns...

DAVID SLOAN HONORS JIMMY BUFFETT WITH THE MUSICIAN’S OWN WORDS + PHOTOS FROM A...

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Stars fell on Alabama tonight with news from the coconut telegraph that James William “Jimmy” Buffett has taken his last trip around the sun. Despite rumors that...

MILES TO GO: THANKS, JIMMY, FOR SHOWING ME WHERE I BELONG

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I knew he was born on Christmas Day 1946. I knew his wife’s name, his kids’ names and the background stories to many songs. I'd read his books...

GUEST COLUMN: COULD PORT OF KEY WEST HANDLE A SHIP-BORNE EMERGENCY?

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Twenty-five years ago, on July 20, 1998, the Carnival cruise ship Ecstasy lost power after a small fire ignited in the ship's laundry as she was departing...

KEYS WEEKLY’S ELLA HALL TAKES SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY TO THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL

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Many student athletes dream of playing collegiate sports one day, but one Key West student had different aspirations. Ella Hall, a 2023 graduate and athlete for multiple...

REFEREE SHORTAGE SPURS LACK OF HOME GAMES, CANCELLATIONS

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With fall sporting events beginning in less than a month, coaches and athletes are busy preparing for competition, but there is one key element which they do...

KEYS HISTORY: UNRELIABLE FERRIES PROMPT ROAD CONSTRUCTION BETWEEN ISLANDS

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The Key West Extension of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway did not bring loads of tourists to the island chain. The building of State Road 4A,...

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