CVS plans another giant drugstore on Duval
CVS plans another giant drugstore on Duval BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER CVS Caremark, the parent company of thousands of CVS drugstores …
School Board adding 4 to 59-bus fleet
School Board adding 4 to 59-bus fleet SEAN KINNEY KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The Monroe County School Board on Sept. 23 unanimously approved the $441,580 …
The Al Qaeda Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight
KEY WEST LOU The Al Qaeda Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight BY LOUIS PETRONE It is acceptable American parlance to describe a screw up by a …
Final Hometown! PAC forum Sept. 29
Final Hometown! PAC forum Sept. 29 KONK LIFE STAFF Hometown! PAC is holding its fifth and final event of the political season at 5 p.m., …
Local Observation/Diana Nyad was honored
Local Observation Diana Nyad was honored By Christina Oxenberg Inspiring athlete Diana Nyad was honored on the beach this past week. Ms Nyad gave …
Tropic Sprockets/The Trip to Italy
TROPIC SPROCKETS The Trip to Ital BY IAN BROCKWAY Two pop culture-obsessed people are at it again, traversing though Europe in funny voices. This is “The …
San Diego to get Marathon jewel
PHOTO/Andy Newman, Florida Keys News Bureau Matt Brochhausen, left, measures ‘Sapphire,’ Tuesday at the Florida Keys-based Turtle Hospital. San Diego to get Marathon jewel SPECIAL …
KWGC upset about shelter
KWGC upset about shelter BY KONK LIFE STAFF With the building of a homeless shelter at the site of the Easter Seals on College Road …
Reeling Dolphins lose to Chiefs, 34-15
Reeling Dolphins lose to Chiefs, 34-15 STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer MIAMI GARDENS — The Miami Dolphins had a 100-yard rusher, a two-turnover edge and …
Veliz, Castro fill top city management positions
Veliz, Castro fill top city management positions BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Interim City Manager Jim Scholl has filled two high-ranking holes …
THE LOST SOUL: KHALIL GREENE
THE LOST SOUL Former Key West baseball star Khalil Greene finds solitude in South Carolina The following story on Khalil Greene, one of Key West’s …
Homeless shelter design riles commissioners
Homeless shelter design riles commissioners BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Hoping to light a fire under hesitant Key West city commissioners, a landscape …
Key West Kitchen / Tailgating Try The Crowd Pleasing Muffuletta
Tailgating Try The Crowd Pleasing Muffuletta By Kerry Shelby Ah, the legendary muffuletta sandwich, the icon of New Orleans, a must-have treat on …
City property taxes to rise 5 percent
City property taxes to rise 5 percent BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER The cost of paradise is going up five percent. That …
Key West publishing world expands
Rhoades Woods Key West publishing world expands BY MARK HOWELL KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER Two leading players in the publishing and popular-culture …
Culture Vulture / When Life Is A Pain In The Neck, Literally And Then Not
When Life Is A Pain In The Neck, Literally And Then Not By C.S Gilbert Dateline Key West, Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014. There’s …
Howellings / Flashback
Flashback By Mark Howell It was 30 years ago this week that millions of TV viewers first encountered a growling, chained alligator named Elvis who lived …
Business Law 101 / History Of Employment Laws
History Of Employment Laws By Albert L. Kelley There were four major employment laws passed in the 1930s – the Davis-Bacon Act (setting …
Big Story / Home For The Homeless
Home For The Homeless By Rick Boettger I met with Rev. Stephen Braddock to discuss the recent forum on decriminalizing homelessness, which ran …
Short Answers / Good Things Get Better Bad Get Worse
Good Things Get Better Bad Get Worse By Jeff Johnson And Paula Forman Dear Short Answers: I’m well past 50 years old, but …