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Pastor trial set for Nov. 17 BY JOHN L. GUERRA KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Trustees of St. James First Missionary Baptist Church are scheduled to …

Sunset Celebration management close to a deal   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER After months of discussion, arguments and ultimatums, the city of …

Fantasy Fest King And Queen Candidate Event Schedule   Ongoing Events: Aqua Idol every Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., through Oct. 14. Support the candidates’ singers at …

Carlyle Group adds Postcard Inn, La Siesta SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Washington D.C.-based Carlyle Group on Sept. 15 expanded its Upper Keys …

PHOTO/ Crockett and Tubbs bring style to the Keys.   Looking Back on ‘Miami Vice’   BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   “Miami …

Cruise ships overwhelming Mallory Square pier   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Although Key West residents voted down a plan last year to …

PHOTO/ Mahadeo Jerrybandham   He never saw it coming, but writer did BY JONATHAN WOODS KONK LIFE SPECIAL WRITER   Mahadeo Jerrybandham was a regular …

Teacher on firing line for improper credentials, throwing Scrabble letter at student   SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Monroe County School Board on …

CVS plans another giant drugstore on Duval   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER CVS Caremark, the parent company of thousands of CVS drugstores …

School Board adding 4 to 59-bus fleet SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Monroe County School Board on Sept. 23 unanimously approved the $441,580 …

Final Hometown! PAC forum Sept. 29  KONK LIFE STAFF Hometown! PAC is holding its fifth and final event of the political season at 5 p.m., …

KWGC upset about shelter BY KONK LIFE STAFF With the building of a homeless shelter at the site of the Easter Seals on College Road …

Veliz, Castro fill top city management positions   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Interim City Manager Jim Scholl has filled two high-ranking holes …

Homeless shelter design riles commissioners BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Hoping to light a fire under hesitant Key West city commissioners, a landscape …

City property taxes to rise 5 percent   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The cost of paradise is going up five percent. That …

Rhoades Woods   Key West publishing world expands   BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Two leading players in the publishing and popular-culture …

PHOTO/Courtesy of Rock Solomon Aurora Phoenix Solomon is taking more breaths on her own.   Aurora Phoenix celebrates one month BY RALPH MORROW KONK LIFE …

Drone use over Key West curtailed   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s an unmanned aerial …

Beginning October 1, the City of Key West will begin a new residential parking program in Old Town aimed at ensuring marked residential parking spaces …

Trash collection rate boost set at $2 BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The city’s approximately 13,000 residential trash customers got some good …