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THE BIG STORY   WasCBSFair?   BY RICK BOETTGER   TheCBSMorningNewsaireda5-minutesegmenttitled “DeathinParadise” aboutthedemiseofCharlesEimerslastThanksgivingwhilebeinghandcuffedbypoliceafter driving away fromatrafficstop.MayorCraigCateswentontherecordsayingthereportwas “one-sided.” However,thereportwas,ifanything,overlygeneroustowardsourfairtown,andcriticalofthelateEimers. First,theychargeEimerswith “recklessdriving” whenwhathemadewasanillegallanechangeinaconstructionareawithunclearlanedesignations.Nexttheysaidhe “fledthescene,” wheninfacthedroveawayslowlythroughthetown.

Monroe Homeowners Fail Firm   By Rick Boettger   Only 2 percent of Keys homeowners are letting their homes be studied in an attempt by …

Hostage   Christina Oxenberg   It was summertime and I was 18 and just moved to NYC. With nepotism on my side I wrangled a …

An Elegant Soufflé Is Easier Than You Think!   By  Kerry Shelby   Soufflés often intimidate home cooks because of their mystique as being in …

Faithful After All These Years   By Mark Howell   Barry Miles, the British-born biographer of American Beat writers Jack “On the Road” Kerouac, Allen …

Cancer Gets Lapped   By Rick Boettger   The Relay for Life, the annual event to fight cancer, should be mandatory attendance for the Citizens …

KIDS’ KORNER   Amazing Designers   BY MORGAN KIDWELL   On Thursday, May 1, my friends and I went to the Key West High School …

Sorokin Gives Inside View On Russia   By Mark Howell   Vladimir Sorokin, 58, lives in Moscow and is the author of many novels, some …

CardioOceanic, mixed media on board   Stover-Sickmen presents Artist's Talk Monday   BY C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   Climaxing her successful Lemonade Stand …

Mayoral Election Bias   By Rick Boettger        The embarrassing finish to Key West's Hometown PAC's call to candidates led to vastly different reporting …

Jackie O’s Bro   By Diane Oxenberg   My excellent friend David Wolkowsky invited me for Easter Sunday lunch on Ballast Key, his private island …

Sure Bets For Derby Day   By Kerry Shelby   As a Southerner, the Kentucky Derby for me is much more than a horse race.  …

THE BIG STORY   Mayoral Election Bias   BY RICK BOETTGER        The embarrassing finish to Key West's Hometown PAC's call to candidates led …

Craning Over Ukraine   By Mark Howell   A couple of years ago, in another column, we wrote about a young Ukrainian woman named Yulia …

PHOTO/Flank steak   KEY WEST KITCHEN In a Parisian State of Mind BY KERRY SHELBY I recently returned from a short trip to Paris with …

In A Parisian State Of Min   By Kerry Shelby   I recently returned from a short trip to Paris with my wife and I …

Even Happy Families Fight   By Rick Boettger   Recently a local editorial bemoaned the loss of our “One Human Family’s” glitter. It said we …

Hersh Comments On The ‘Rat Line’   By Mark Howell   Seymour Myron “Sy” Hersh is the Washington, D.C.-based investigative journalist who came to the world’s …

HOWELINGS A Wake for the Chinese BY MARK HOWELL              One of the — if not the — wackiest novels ever written in the English language …

Commentary The Big Story Hometown PAC Blunders By Rick Boettger The usually sedate and convivial “Meet the Candidates” forum hosted by our Hometown Political Action …