City puts level field controls on Sunset Celebration
City puts level field controls on Sunset Celebration BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER In an effort to stabilize the troubled Sunset …
KW Lou: Renounce your faith or be crucified
COMMENTARY: KEY WEST LOU RENOUNCE YOUR FAITH OR BE CRUCIFIED Death by crucifixion has returned. The same way Jesus died on …
Short Answers: Lighten Up
Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman “LIGHTEN UP” DEPARTMENT Dear Short Answers: When is your child too old to bring into a …
New assistant city manager steps up
PHOTO/ Sarah Spurlock New assistant city manager steps up BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Putting together the city’s $160-plus million …
KW Kitchen: Octopus: A Taste of the Mediterranean
KEY WEST KITCHEN Octopus: A Taste of the Mediterranean BY KERRY SHELBY Octopus may not be one of your go-to ingredients, but once you figure …
The Peter Anderson Story: Making history with passports / Part 7
The Sir Peter Anderson Story Part 7 Making history with passports As told to Mark Howell In early 2000, Conch Republic Secretary General Sir Peter …
Key West Lou: You should know…..
KEY WEST LOU YOU SHOULD KNOW..… BY LOUIS PETRONE Average/mean corporate CEO salaries hit $10 million for the first time last year. $10.5 was the …
Citizens Insurance ready for hurricane season
Citizens Insurance ready for hurricane season By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDATALLAHASSEE — Citizens Property Insurance enters the 2014 hurricane season believing its …
Second resignation protests trash contract
Second resignation protests trash contract BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER A second founding member of the Key West Sustainability Advisory Board …
Western Union needs local support
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Western Union needs local support From the Schooner Western Union Preservation Society A letter to the citizens of Key West …
Public access to city financial records coming with new software
Public access to city financial records coming with new software BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER City financial information is slated to become …
Sunday concert showcases young performers
PHOTO/ 2013 Award Winners Savannah Robinson, Austin Rodriguez and Jordan Cress-Morrison receive prize money from Music in Paradise Managing Director Michael Kilgore. Sunday concert …
Planning Board passes on food trucks crackdown
Planning Board passes on food trucks crackdown BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Planning Board has sidestepped efforts by Key West …
No surprises on new City Hall project
No surprises on new City Hall project BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER The conversion of the former Glynn Archer School into a …
The Big Story: FKEF increases efforts
THE BIG STORY FKEF increases efforts BY RICK BOETTGER Recently, I spent four hours in meetings where I not only didn’t get …
Lybrand issues ‘last plea’ to cut trash collection
Lybrand issues ‘last plea’ to cut trash collection BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER David Lybrand, who resigned recently from the …
Explorers Program brought back to life
Explorers Program brought back to life BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER Beonte Stemage is a fairly typical teenager, excited about graduating from …
TSIC grad Anika Yasmin heading off to MIT
PHOTO/Mark Howell From left are Papia Yasmin, her daughters Anika and Atia and their father Muhammad Tarafder. Absent was their brother Ishtiaque Ahmed. TSIC …
CX – THE BIG STORY: Was CBS Fair?
THE BIG STORY Was CBS Fair? BY RICK BOETTGER The CBS Morning News aired a 5-minute segment titled “Death in Paradise” about the demise of …
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