KEYS COUPLE PUBLISHES A LOVE LETTER TO LIFE & EACH OTHER
“I always wish to be meeting you somewhere,” poet Greg Cantrell writes to his wife, the artist Marlene Koenig. Evidence of that wish and those meetings is...
KEYS SCHOONER TOOK FREED SLAVES TO WEST AFRICA; BUT HUNDREDS DIED BEFORE THE TRIP
President James Monroe, on March 3, 1819, signed “An Act to Protect the Commerce of the United States, and Crimes of Piracy.” The act gave the U.S....
KEY WEST JAIL DIRECTOR KEENA ALLEN GIVES THE SAME RESPECT SHE GETS
Keena Allen’s office could belong to a beloved school principal or guidance counselor, its shelves packed as they are with mementos, a ceramic cross and decades of...
KEY WEST CHARACTERS FILL TOM FLIP’S KEY WEST PODCAST
Try listening to an episode of Tom Flip’s Key West Podcast without spending the rest of the day with its simple, but catchy theme song running through...
FLORIDA’S FLAGSHIP FALTERS: GROUP STRUGGLES TO SAVE SCHOONER WESTERN UNION
The once stately schooner Western Union, flagship of Key West and the state of Florida, is an unrecognizable shell of her former self, nearly indistinguishable from the...
New Board President & New Board Faces Highlight Key West Chamber’s Commitment to Local...
The Key West Chamber of Commerce installed its 2021 leaders and honored local teachers at a Jan. 19 luncheon at the Marriott Beachside Hotel.
Father John Baker of...
KEY WEST’S LITTLE WHITE HOUSE MUSEUM HOSTS INAUGURATION LUNCH
President Joe Biden’s message of hope, healing and unity resonated on Jan. 20 in Key West, where an Inauguration luncheon at the Harry S. Truman Little White...
GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST: GETTING TO KNOW CONTRACTOR ANDY SEGARD
Andy Segard and his wife, Sadie, moved to Marathon 16 years ago. Since then, he’s slipped seamlessly into Marathon life, fitting in so well he seems like...
COAST GUARD AUXILIARY ASSISTS AIR STATION MIAMI DRILLS
Four members of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary’s Flotilla 13-8 left the dock on the morning of Jan. 12 to support drills performed by the Coast Guard’s...
ANNUAL BLESSING OF THE FLEET HELD AT WHALE HARBOR
A fleet of boats took to Whale Harbor at MM 84, oceanside, in Islamorada for the annual Blessing of the Fleet on New Year’s Day. Sponsored by...