Donation matches locally-raised funds for scholarships for students Photo: Florida College System Chancellor Randy Hanna presents a check for $13,915 for scholarships to the FKCC …

New residential parking program in Old Town By KONK Life News Staff Beginning October 1, the City of Key West will begin a new residential …

A Different Kind Of Indian Corn   By Kerry Shelby   As the long, hot summer winds down and the light shifts to its subtler …

Risks In Employment Law   By Albert L. Kelley   Because employment law affects almost everyone in one way or another, it is an important …

HOWELINGS She Ran With Neal Cassady By Mark Howell Aside from Ernest Miller Hemingway who wrote “For Whom the Bell Tolls” between boxing bouts in …

PHOTO From the left: census enumerator Eileen Nolte, First Lady Bess Truman; President Harry S. Truman and their daughter Margaret Truman, on the Little White …

Custom House summer and Black, White and ReAd   By C.S. GILBERT KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   I have been remiss . . . very …

Key West Kitchen Lobster Redux – This Time All Dressed Up For the Evening! BY KERRY SHELBY I know that I just recently wrote about …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman   ARTFUL NEGOTIATION Dear Short Answers: My husband is 68 years and in perfect health.  But he …

Thrasher, Stokes advance in FSU president search By JIM TURNER NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA Despite vocal opposition from students and faculty, influential Sen. John Thrasher, …

Team Lily Bow still accepting new team members Team Lily Bow, sponsored by Konk Life, is still accepting new members for its 2014 team. There …

BUSINESS LAW 101 Employee/Independent Contractor BY ALBERT L. KELLEY Now that we have touched on principal and agent, let’s look at employment. An employee is …

Key West Lou   SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL…..A FRAUD   By Louis Petrone Amazing how the truth can blow one’s mind! The year 1925. The place …

Happy Heart Attack   By Rick Boettger   Flying home to Key West last month, my wife Cynthia was so fuzzy and shaky I had …

This Time All Dressed Up For The Evening!   By Kerry Shelby   I know that I just recently wrote about Florida lobster, but with …

The Key West Pub   By Diane Johnson Home of the best sliders in town, the Key West Pub is my new home away from …

Letter to the Editor Politics, Jobs and the School District Larry Murray   Mr. Highsmith:   In Wednesday’s edition of the Keynoter, you were interviewed …

BACKROOM BRIEFING: SCOTT KEEPS DISTANCE FROM GAY MARRIAGE FIGHT By DARA KAM AND BRANDON LARRABEE THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDA THE CAPITAL, TALLAHASSEE, September 4, …

Skip Bradeen marks 50 years as a Keys charter captain SPECIAL TO KONK LIFE Captain Skip Bradeen is in the cockpit of his beloved Blue …

LOCAL OBSERVATION Pass It On BY CHRISTINA OXENBERG 1000 years ago, as I was sorting through my first divorce, (second happiest day of my life), …