Issue #26 — Friday, September 6, 2013
In the game of “my boat is bigger than your boat”, cruise ship companies have truly come up with some gargantuan concepts. Ships carrying over 5000 people (nearly double the capacity of most cruise ships now docking in Key West) are trying to make their way into our harbor. They’re out there on the other Read More...
THE POWER OF THE CRB [Police Citizen Review Board]
If you are a longtime reader of Key West The Newspaper, you know that, after 18 years of publishing The Blue Paper, I retired last November. Since that time, I have been finishing up several personal projects– like sorting out 18 years of back issues to donate to the history department at the library. I Read More...
Will Benson, producer of the insightful short documentary “Silver Linings”, has just released his latest production entitled simply…Silt. Silt from william benson on Vimeo.
Will Benson, producer of the insightful short documentary “Silver Linings”, has just released his latest production entitled simply…Silt. Silt from william benson on Vimeo.
This Could Be The Start of A Bad Habit…
This could be the start of a bad habit. I tuned into Bill Becker’s morning show on Labor Day and once again encountered the Chamber of Commerce PAC spokesperson, Jennifer Hulse make gobbledygook out of figures taken from the Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) Reconnaissance Report on the proposed channel dredging of Cut B. Bill Read More...
DEATH IN PARADISE: A YEAR LATER [CHARLES EIMERS MEMORIAL] NOWHERE TO RUN: NEW VIDEO DEVASTATING TO KWPD CREDIBILITY [CHIEF LEE DEPOSITION VIDEO] EIMERS IN-CUSTODY-DEATH UPDATE: MISSING VIDEO SURFACES KATHY SMITH, LEAD FDLE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARLES EIMERS CASE PUT ON ADMINITRATIVE LEAVE KWPD & FDLE, PARTNERS IN CRIME? CHARLES EIMERS UPDATE: Police, Death, and Missing Videotapes Read More...
NOWHERE TO RUN: NEW VIDEO DEVASTATING TO KWPD CREDIBILITY [CHIEF LEE DEPOSITION VIDEO] EIMERS IN-CUSTODY-DEATH UPDATE: MISSING VIDEO SURFACES KATHY SMITH, LEAD FDLE INVESTIGATOR IN CHARLES EIMERS CASE PUT ON ADMINITRATIVE LEAVE KWPD & FDLE, PARTNERS IN CRIME? CHARLES EIMERS UPDATE: Police, Death, and Missing Videotapes THE BURGLAR, THE VIGILANTE, AND THE AXE OF Read More...
Some of you long-time KWTN readers may remember this story by Richard Watherwax… A few weeks ago I read in the police blotter that someone had found some pictures of a naked woman in a parking lot, so they called the police!!! I can hear the tires squealing, see the lights flashing, and there are Read More...
LOW PRESSURE SEWERS AND THEIR HDPE PIPE – AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE?
The Low Pressure section of the Cudjoe Regional Wastewater System (CRWS) will have over 100 miles of High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) Pipe, ranging in size from 2” to 8” that will be buried 2’ to 4’ under the surface. It will be under pressures of 15psi to 60psi. The Low Pressure System is asserted to be a low Read More...
Facts and myths about dredging Key West's channel wider to accommodate bigger cruise ships
Above, cruise ship leaving Key West’s outer mole pier this spring, spliced together by Matt Gardi from Will Benson’s video, “Silver Lining”. Below, cruise ship leaving the outer mole circa 1998. After I published it numerous times, the photo below was featured a few months ago in a front-page article in the Key West Citizen. Read More...
Facts and myths about dredging Key West’s channel wider to accommodate bigger cruise ships
Above, cruise ship leaving Key West’s outer mole pier this spring, spliced together by Matt Gardi from Will Benson’s video, “Silver Lining”. Below, cruise ship leaving the outer mole circa 1998. After I published it numerous times, the photo below was featured a few months ago in a front-page article in the Key West Citizen. Read More...
A full and dynamic existence is lived in pursuit, and appreciation, of love in all its forms. This is another story about love, swaddled by the details of the relationship between a local, highly prolific yet undeniably underappreciated artist by the name of Thomas Forshier, aka Monkey Tom and a longtime local business owner and Read More...
That is the burning question among civically- minded residents of Key West this summer. The upcoming referendum questionof whether or not to proceed with the feasibility study for widening Key West Harbor Channel has the town abuzz and camps divided. The vast range of misinformation, smoke and mirrors, modus operandi and emotion surrounding this topic Read More...
Dear Editor, Anyone who is considering buying a sweet, soft, adorable rabbit please, please do your homework. Rabbits are wonderful pets and can give any home a quiet loving animal. They can be house trained and if treated with respect and kindness will give you hours of loving back. Please go to the House Rabbit Read More...
Musical Storm Expected To Hit the Florida Keys for CW Colt's 60th!
Come Celebrate C W Colt’s 60th Sept 13 14 & 15th at the Hogfish Bar and Grille This musical storm will be celebrating Sixty Musical Years! The surge is expected to make landfall Sept. 13th through Sept. 16th so be prepared by tracking the events at: www.cwcolt.com Songwriters are gathering to take Key West by Read More...
Musical Storm Expected To Hit the Florida Keys for CW Colt’s 60th!
Come Celebrate C W Colt’s 60th Sept 13 14 & 15th at the Hogfish Bar and Grille This musical storm will be celebrating Sixty Musical Years! The surge is expected to make landfall Sept. 13th through Sept. 16th so be prepared by tracking the events at: www.cwcolt.com Songwriters are gathering to take Key West by Read More...
Good Times Sizzle at Summer Jam 2013
Rock and rollick away the last day of summer at the 4th Annual Summer Jam, a family friendly island style concert-party to benefit Wesley House Family Services. This year’s celebration rolls out at Dante’s Key West Pool Bar & Restaurant/Prime Steakhouse, Saturday, September 21,from 5pm-10pm. Hosted by Leigha Fox, the evening’s entertainment features Master of Read More...
Florida Keys Council of the Arts Cultural Calendar Thursday, November 6 thru Wednesday, November 12
Visit keysarts.com, Cultural Calendar for more listings and events throughout the Keys. Key West Happenings ARTISTS RECEPTIONS / EXHIBITIONS Thursday Polar Opposites Opening Reception, 6 PM Lucky Street Gallery, 540 Greene St. 294-3973. Luckystreetgallery.com James Barr-Nobles, B. Lucy Stevens. (more…)
Pole Performance Celebrity Spectacular to Benefit Florida Keys SPCA
Key West, Florida Keys – For one night only, September 26, 2013, international pole fitness and salsa dance stars will present breathtaking performances at the Celebrity Gravity Pole Fitness fundraiser to benefit the Florida Keys SPCA. Held at La Te Da in Key West, doors open at 7:30; performances begin at 8:00. Tickets are for Read More...
VNA HOSPICE WELCOMES NEW PHYSICIAN: DR. GREGORY R. SONN
VISITING NURSE ASSOCIATION & HOSPICE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS APPOINTS DR. GREGORY R. SONN, D.O. AS HOSPICE PHYSICIAN –Relocating from Ft. Myers, new physician to oversee VNA/Hospice patients in their homes and in Keys’ medical facilities– Hospice of the Florida Keys announces healthcare professional Dr. Gregory R. Sonn, D.O. has been named to Read More...
The Love Lane Gang plays music that spans generations, as well as embodies them. The emphasis is on swing: classics from the 1930s and 1940s, done in a refreshing new style that incorporates the Hot Club approach with island flourishes. Dust Bowl ballads, old school country from Hank Williams and Johnny Cash, rockabilly and surf Read More...
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