Posts in category Feature Stories

A Dream Fulfilled for Judge Jones By Mark Howell   Some happy stories have a way of writing themselves. Like as this one. Nineteen days …

Wounded Warrior Project Solder Rider   By Morgan Kidwell   On Sunday, January 12, 2014 the Wounded Warrior Project Soldier Ride took place in Key …

OPINION Douglass descendant moves crowd in Sunday address By C.S. Gilbert   A large crowd gathered in the historic Douglass Gym in Bahama Village Sunday …

Encountering Alexander McCall Smith By Mark Howell   Alexander McCall Smith, the amazingly accomplished and wonderfully witty writer featured at this year’s Key West Literary …

Christmas is a time for reflection By Guy deBoer / Publisher For me Christmas childhood memories with my family are as real as if they …

By Mark Howell   Our decorative season is off to a blazing start with two Key West houses in particular.   At 600 Elizabeth and …

By Mark Howell   Reviewed by Mark Howell   Who would have thought – or for that matter, who wouldn’t have thought? – that a …

By Trinadad Joe November, 2013 – 50 years later. The real story or just a short story and an excerpt from my novel, Ponytail Gangsters …

By Mark Howell and C. S. Gilbert   President John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Key West There are a number of Florida Keys connections to President John F. …

By John Guerra Last Sunday afternoon, as Key West rolled slowly toward a spectacular fall sunset, I stood on a high knoll over the west …

By Mark Howell and Tim Gratz Sometime in 1976, an aide to Sen. Richard Schweiker of Pennsylvania entered the senator’s office and told him he …

By John Guerra Eric deBoer, owner of Marquesa Hotel and Manley/deBoer Lumber, found unexpected issues when weighing the benefits of the Affordable Care Act, aka …