Public access to city financial records coming with new software   BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER   City financial information is slated to become …

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   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   The Planning Board has sidestepped efforts by Key West …

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   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   BY PRU SOWERS KONK LIFE STAFF WRITER   David Lybrand, who resigned recently from the …

Explorers Program brought back to life   BY PRU SOWERS KONKLIFE STAFF WRITER   Beonte Stemage is a fairly typical teenager, excited about graduating from …

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 …

The Balthazar Cookbook  A Treasure Trove Of Classic French Recipes   By Kerry Shelby   Balthazar is one of my favorite restaurants in New York, …

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   By Ian Brockway Locke Tom Hardy, who is known for his aggressive and usually villainous roles (Bane, of The Dark Knight Rises), …

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 in grants to 13 nonprofits United Way of the Florida Keys has announced that it will distribute a total of …

Mass Extinctions   By Mark Howell   Amazingly, even in Key West and even to this day, there is still at least one media executive …

Acceptance By Albert Kelley   An acceptance agrees to all of the terms of an offer. It is not conditional — that would be a counteroffer. …

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.  …

KEY WEST LOU SCREWING AMERICA BY LOUIS PETRONE When I refer to America in this column, I refer to the America of today. The 1 …

THE BIG STORY   WasCBSFair?   BY RICK BOETTGER   TheCBSMorningNewsaireda5-minutesegmenttitled “DeathinParadise” aboutthedemiseofCharlesEimerslastThanksgivingwhilebeinghandcuffedbypoliceafter driving away fromatrafficstop.MayorCraigCateswentontherecordsayingthereportwas “one-sided.” However,thereportwas,ifanything,overlygeneroustowardsourfairtown,andcriticalofthelateEimers. First,theychargeEimerswith “recklessdriving” whenwhathemadewasanillegallanechangeinaconstructionareawithunclearlanedesignations.Nexttheysaidhe “fledthescene,” wheninfacthedroveawayslowlythroughthetown.

NOAA predicts near-normal or below-normal 2014 Atlantic hurricane season In its 2014 Atlantic hurricane season outlook issued Thursday, NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center is forecasting a near-normal or below-normal …

Peter Anderson’s Continuing Story of the Conch Republic   Fort Jefferson: A shut and open case for the Republic   AS TOLD TO MARK HOWELL …