HYPERTENSION IS LIKE A PLUMBING PIPE UNDER TOO MUCH PRESSURE

Recently, a patient and I were discussing blood pressure and medications to treat it. At the end of the visit, the person mentioned reading...

SUMMER SEAS AND SIGHTS

Summers in the Florida Keys are known for calm waters and clear visibility. The diving is world-class: coral reefs, colorful sponges, swarming fish, and...

Send us your scenes from summer!

Our themes for JUNE are PAPAS and PRIDE. In JULY, we’re highlighting what SUMMER means to you. We’re thinking: BBQs, sandbar trips, scenes from...

SERVICE ABOVE SELF – ROTARY’S IMPORTANT IMPACT LOCALLY & INTERNATIONALLY

It’s the end of another year — the Rotary Year! Our years run from July 1 until June 30, when new presidents and boards...

Barstool Astrology: Are your planets aligned?

The tides of psychic intuition, acute sensitivity and passive aggressive tendencies have come ashore with Cancer season. Cancer governs the realms of domesticity and...

IN THEIR WORDS: RUSSELL POST – A JOURNEY OF WISDOM & SUCCESS

Russell Post grew up in a small Indiana town identical to the one seen in the movie “Hoosiers.” He attended the University of Evansville....

GYMNAST MIA PUIG: KEY WEST’S 11-YR-OLD OLYMPIC HOPEFUL

Who would’ve thought a Key West’s Children’s Day — always held on that hungover Sunday after the Fantasy Fest parade — would produce a...

DIVE REPORT: NOT SMOOTH, BUT COMFORTABLE

This Week’s Dive Report This past week, conditions were decent. Winds were moderate and there was no rain, so we were able to enjoy this...

FAIRIES & GNOMES WERE SEEN AT ISLAMORADA LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PARTY

Islamorada Library’s branch manager Walt Johnson spent the morning of June 12 wrangling a cotton candy machine, videoing children dressed as fairies and plugging...

FLORIDA KEYS HISTORY: ALL ABOUT THE ‘ENGLISH’

Richard Fitzpatrick served as president of the Florida Territorial Council during the January 1836 session. It was Fitzpatrick who introduced the bill that split...