KEYS BLACK HISTORY: THE STORY OF ISRAEL LAFAYETTE JONES
In the years before the Civil War, Arter Jones worked as a North Carolina farm laborer. He married at least twice, and while no...
Lecture tells tales of the Tuskegee Airmen
The History of Diving Museum will celebrate Black History Month with tales of the Tuskegee Airmen for its “Immerse Yourself!” presentation on Wednesday, Feb....
DOROTHY GOES THE DISTANCE: MARATHON WOMAN AN ICON IN THIS SMALL TOWN
If there’s a thread running through Dorothy Hawkins’ life it’s food. For almost three decades she cooked at Fishermen’s Community Hospital and then moved...
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...
OPINION: I HATE STENCILS, AND HERE’S WHY …
I have a red hot hatred for stencils. I know that’s an inflammatory statement, but hear me out.
Stencils are, or should be dammit, the...
MAKING HOUSING HABITABLE: FKOC REHABS APARTMENTS FOR HOMELESS
Are you upgrading your washer or dryer? Did you just score a cool, new lamp online? Are you replacing the motion-activated outdoor lighting in...
KEY WEST BUSINESS GUILD HEARS MAYOR’S STATE OF THE COMMUNITY REPORT
Mayor Teri Johnston told the Key West Business Guild’s lunchtime audience that she took a different approach with this year’s State of the City...
Pictures show love, solidarity on boy’s 15th birthday
Feb. 2 marked the 15th birthday of Pascal Weisberger, the boy who passed away in a tragic incident last May. To show love and...
KEY WEST SPENDS $300K TO RESTORE HISTORIC TELEGRAPH STRUCTURES
The city of Key West finally is restoring the crumbling and graffiti-covered cable huts at Mallory Square, a project City Manager Greg Veliz called...
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...
