On the Rock Productions Seeks to Innovatively Support Local Artists
On the Rock Productions Seeks to Innovatively Support Local Artists By Emily Schulten Last spring, three local and likeminded people came together to …
City settles Eimers wrongful death lawsuit for $900,000
City settles Eimers wrongful death lawsuit for $900,000 BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City officials have agreed to a $900,000 …
Raul Castro: US must return Guantanamo for normal relations
Raul Castro: US must return Guantanamo for normal relations JAVIER CORDOBA, Associated Press MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Cuban …
FIRM Invites Keys Residents to Annual Meetings
FIRM Invites Keys Residents to Annual Meetings Fair Insurance Rates in Monroe (FIRM) invites all residents of Monroe County to its series of Annual Meetings, …
Two charged with gun threats
Two charged with gun threats Two Marathon residents were arrested Tuesday, charged with threatening another man with a gun. Deputy Orlando Alvarez responded …
Key West Kitchen / Guinness It’s Not Just For Drinking
Guinness It’s Not Just For Drinking By Kerry Shelby It seems that quite a lot of Guinness Extra Stout, that unrivaled Irish brew, …
Howellings / Did You Know
Did You Know By Mark Howell Did you know that the American poet Allen Ginsberg, while attending a literary conference in Havana Union …
Love and a Birthday Party / The Big Story
Love and a Birthday Party The Big Story Love is on my mind for all the right reasons. (We all know what the wrong …
Florida Keys Council of the Arts is proud to announce that two Monroe County artists
The Florida Keys Council of the Arts is proud to announce that two Monroe County artists have been named as recipients of the prestigious 2014 South …
LTTE / $50,000 pay-off
Editor: School Board Chairman John Dick and Superintendent Mark Porter are telling anyone who will listen that the recent audit of the HOB construction project absolves …
Key West Artisan Market This Sunday February 1st
Key West Artisan Market This Sunday Key West Artisan Market “Culinary & Wine” Edition This Sunday The Key West Artisan Market: Culinary Edition …
Road repair schedule OK’d by city commissioners
Road repair schedule OK’d by city commissioners BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City Engineer Jim Bouquet laid out the 2015 …
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban
Cuban youth build secret computer network despite Wi-Fi ban MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Cut off from the Internet, young Cubans have …
Howelings / Remembering Robert Stone
Howelings Remembering Robert Stone By Mark Howell There happened to be several occasions during this columnist’s wild days as an editor and …
Millions of GMO insects could be released in Florida Keys
Millions of GMO insects could be released in Florida Keys JENNIFER KAY, Associated Press KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — Millions of genetically modified …
Affordable housing ideas get nay/yea
Affordable housing ideas get nay/yea BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Key West City Commissioners took one step forward and one step …
Commissions to revisit former Easter Seals site for homeless shelter
Commissions to revisit former Easter Seals site for homeless shelter BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Despite a failed attempt last October to …
Culture Vulture / Spectacular symphony, breathtaking art
Spectacular symphony, breathtaking art By C.S. GILBERT Glorious, glorious! Superlatives fail in the attempt to describe the South Florida Symphony Orchestra’s MasterWorks concert …
LTTE / BAD PRECEDENTS AND POLITICAL THUMBS
BAD PRECEDENTS AND POLITICAL THUMBS Historically, the Speaker of the House of Representatives followed the unwritten law that partisan politics ends “at the water’s …
Foxcatcher / Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway
Tropic Sprockets by Ian Brockway Foxcatcher Director Bennett Miller (Capote) gives his film “Foxcatcher” the appropriate brown and gray tones in telling the true life …