Eimers rebuke draws angry response from two commissioners   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Tempers flared at Tuesday’s Key West City Commission …

CULTURE VULTURE Eco-Culture and Guilt By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Any of us growing up in a religion buttressed (actually, accidentally or anecdotally) …

The Big Story Joys and Sorrows: the Charles John Eimers Memorial by Rick Boettger The main joy was in seeing so many people who never …

Senior citizen housing project in final planning stages   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   As other city agencies struggle to come up …

Howelings   BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Joanna Leary says goodbye to Peter Anderson   “Tripping the Bardo with Timothy Leary: My Psychedelic Love …

PHOTO/Images by Johnny White/Mile Zero A floating forrest-island, inside, 2014. Media: found roots from Key West ​Courtesy of the artist, ​Don Soker Contemporary Art, and …

All Is True: The Naked Girl in the Treehouse Chapter 10 Headed west with a broken window   BY MARK HOWELL   The morning of …

Emergency ambulance service start up ‘on time and on budget’   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Five months after agreeing to take …

Beware: Electric heaters can light the fire BY JOHN L. GUERRA KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Danny Blanco remembers entering the scene of a fire that …

Key West Kitchen Key West Callaloo – A Pot Full of Island Flavors BY KERRY SHELBY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Countless versions of callaloo, the …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman   PERFECT FOR WHOM? Dear Short Answers: What do you do if your boyfriend is perfect in …

Resolution: Maintain, don’t gain during holidays BY JOHN L. GUERRA KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER New approach to consider: Instead of trying to lose weight during …

Tropic Sprockets Birdman BY IAN BROCKWAY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The eccentric and semi-reclusive actor Michael Keaton gives a breakthrough performance as the one-time action …

Letter on Ferguson situation As the President of the Interfaith Ministerial Alliance, I have just sent the following message to our members in relation to …

HIGH NOTES   Bailey provides exciting opening for South Florida Symphony   BY HARRY SCHROEDER KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The South Florida Symphony, formerly …

Bring on the clowns (and animals) – after all   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   After a close brush with cancellation, the …

Howelings Listening in on Citizenfour By Mark Howell KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Our nation has been graced, or perhaps cursed, this Thanksgiving season with …

Housing crisis proposal becomes an action plan   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   After taking a month to digest the dire housing …

IT’S YOUR ENVIRONMENT Mote Marine scientists seek citizen input for Spotted Eagle Ray research   BY ROBYN G. MAYER Mote Marine researchers are asking for …

All is True: The Naked Girl in the Treehouse   By Mark Howell   Battle of the Drive-In   Chapter 9   The next pages …