Swings turn to sails, and a little coaching, for former MLB player
Former major league first baseman, Islamorada resident and captain, Doug Mientkiewicz remembers the days riding with his dad to his office next to the...
FOX NATION’S BRIAN KILMEADE SPENDS TIME IN KEY WEST — AND WITH KEYS WEEKLY
Most know Brian Kilmeade as the charismatic personality that drives Fox News’ morning show, “Fox and Friends.” And while political undercurrents and public opinion...
We’ve come a long way but are far from finished
Outrageous. Sexist.
Offensive. Appallingly outdated.
All would be accurate descriptions, by today’s standards, of the ads on the following pages, all of which appeared in popular...
KEYS WEEKLY’S STUDENT OF THE WEEK
The Upper Keys Weekly is proud to partner with Coral Shores’ faculty and students in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are chosen...
A dead whale washed up in the Everglades. Turns out, it’s a new species...
In January 2019, a 38-foot, 30-ton whale washed up on Sandy Key in the Everglades. I happened to be camping at Flamingo, by chance,...
WILD THINGS: PRESERVING THE SPIRIT OF KEY WEST’S FRAN FORD
I was thinking about Fran Ford the other day. Possibly because I was sitting on a bench in the shade of a giant ficus...
MARATHON’S ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lilian Guo
What do you enjoy about being on the tennis team? I enjoy getting to grow as a player. Every year my skills increase. I...
DISTRICT CHAMPS: MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL BOYS SOCCER TEAM ADVANCES
Marathon High School soccer coach Arno Silva said the high school team has been dreaming about a championship trophy for three years.
“We felt this...
BARTUS IS CELEBRATING HIS 37TH YEAR IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS IN THE KEYS
Thirty-seven years.
Three-point-seven decades gone by. 1984 was a big year in my world, and the world in general. Apple introduced the Macintosh. Michael Jackson...
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...
