Key West Lou: You should know…..
KEY WEST LOU YOU SHOULD KNOW..… BY LOUIS PETRONE Average/mean corporate CEO salaries hit $10 million for the first time last year. $10.5 was the …
Citizens Insurance ready for hurricane season
Citizens Insurance ready for hurricane season By JIM TURNER THE NEWS SERVICE OF FLORIDATALLAHASSEE — Citizens Property Insurance enters the 2014 hurricane season believing its …
Second resignation protests trash contract
Second resignation protests trash contract BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER A second founding member of the Key West Sustainability Advisory Board …
Western Union needs local support
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Western Union needs local support From the Schooner Western Union Preservation Society A letter to the citizens of Key West …
Public access to city financial records coming with new software
Public access to city financial records coming with new software BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER City financial information is slated to become …
Sunday concert showcases young performers
PHOTO/ 2013 Award Winners Savannah Robinson, Austin Rodriguez and Jordan Cress-Morrison receive prize money from Music in Paradise Managing Director Michael Kilgore. Sunday concert …
Planning Board passes on food trucks crackdown
Planning Board passes on food trucks crackdown BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Planning Board has sidestepped efforts by Key West …
No surprises on new City Hall project
No surprises on new City Hall project BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER The conversion of the former Glynn Archer School into a …
The Big Story: FKEF increases efforts
THE BIG STORY FKEF increases efforts BY RICK BOETTGER Recently, I spent four hours in meetings where I not only didn’t get …
Lybrand issues ‘last plea’ to cut trash collection
Lybrand issues ‘last plea’ to cut trash collection BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER David Lybrand, who resigned recently from the …
Explorers Program brought back to life
Explorers Program brought back to life BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER Beonte Stemage is a fairly typical teenager, excited about graduating from …
TSIC grad Anika Yasmin heading off to MIT
PHOTO/Mark Howell From left are Papia Yasmin, her daughters Anika and Atia and their father Muhammad Tarafder. Absent was their brother Ishtiaque Ahmed. TSIC …
Key West Kitchen / The Balthazar Cookbook A Treasure Trove Of Classic French Recipes
The Balthazar Cookbook A Treasure Trove Of Classic French Recipes By Kerry Shelby Balthazar is one of my favorite restaurants in New York, …
CX – THE BIG STORY: Was CBS Fair?
THE BIG STORY Was CBS Fair? BY RICK BOETTGER The CBS Morning News aired a 5-minute segment titled “Death in Paradise” about the demise of …
Tropic Sprockets: Locke
Tropic Sprockets By Ian Brockway Locke Tom Hardy, who is known for his aggressive and usually villainous roles (Bane, of The Dark Knight Rises), …
Short Answers: Hello, Houston, We Have a Problem
Short Answers By Jeff Johnson and Paula Forman Hello Houston, We Have A Problem Dear Short Answers: After our third child was born, my wife …
United Way to distribute $145,000
United Way to distribute $145,000 in grants to 13 nonprofits United Way of the Florida Keys has announced that it will distribute a total of …
Howelings / Mass Extinctions
Mass Extinctions By Mark Howell Amazingly, even in Key West and even to this day, there is still at least one media executive …
Business Law 101 / Acceptance
Acceptance By Albert Kelley An acceptance agrees to all of the terms of an offer. It is not conditional — that would be a counteroffer. …
Memorial Day remembrance of late college champion
Butler Memorial Day remembrance of late college champion BY FKCC President Jonathan Gueverra Across the country, we will all celebrate Memorial Day in different ways. …