New trash contract may hurt recycling efforts   BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER   Fallout from the recent City Commission vote to award …

PHOTO/ MARK HOWELL Lawrence Ferlinghetti in the grounds of the Porter Mansion, mid-1990s.     Spontaneous bop encounters with the Beats   BY MARK HOWELL …

THEATER REVIEW   Random Acts of Comedy: Delightful way to spend an evening   BY DIANE JOHNSON   Random Acts of Comedy is a light-hearted …

HIGH NOTES   Blue Door opens to brilliancy   BY HARRY SCHROEDER     In one of the few concerts remaining in the hospitable acoustics …

Video surveillance camera program clicking for Duval   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   A plan to install police video surveillance cameras on …

Tropic Sprockets BY IAN BROCKWAY Fading Gigolo In director John Turturro’s (Passione) fifth film “Fading Gigolo,” you might think you just stepped into Woody Allen’s …

Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman   DO WHAT YOU LOVE, BUT FIX WHAT YOU MUST Dear Short Answers: Do you think that …

Two deaths while snorkeling off Marathon, Dry Tortugas BY RALPH MORROW MANAGING EDITOR Two people, a Pennsylvania woman and a man from Texas, died while …

Florida Keys Educational Foundation increases efforts   BY RICK BOETTGER KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The Florida Keys Educational Foundation is a private non-profit with …

PHOTO/ CALEA Chairperson J. Grayson Robinson, left, MCSO Captain Chad Scibilia, MCAO Accreditation Specialists Tondra Davis and Rachelle Gates, MCSO Lt. Cindy Peryam, Sheriff Rick …

The Sir Peter Anderson Story  Part 5 It’s not easy being accepted As Told to Mark Howell In early November 1994, Peter Anderson, Secretary General …

Air, Land & Sea Poker Run this weekend Adrenaline enthusiasts can explore the Florida Keys in three ways during the inaugural Key West Air, Land …

12.5-Mile Swim Around Key West June 14 Long-distance swimming enthusiasts are to compete in the annual Florida Keys Community College 12.5-mile open-water Swim Around Key …

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

Do What You Love, But Fix What You Must   By Jeff Johnson And Paula Forman   Dear Short Answers: Do you think that sons …

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 …

One For The Baby Vultures   By C.S Gilbert   The Florida Keys Council of the Arts is a cultural umbrella organization that truly covers …

Offers   By Albert Kelley There are two parts to an agreement: an offer and acceptance. It starts with an offer. There must be an …