SOME BURNING QUESTIONS ABOUT OFFSHORE ISLANDS
Sore throats, red eyes, Old Town storeowners worried about the smell of smoke on their garments, sailboats evacuated… One way or another a lot of people were affected last week by the fire raging on Wisteria Island. The Key West Fire Department had given up the fight on Monday and the fire continued on, burning Read More...
By Arnaud and Naja Girard
CAUGHT!?
Looks like Balfour Beatty may be at it again! Have privatized military housing contractors been ratted out while trying to sneak a new tax exemption bill into the Florida Legislature? Balfour Beatty’s local military housing affiliate, Southeast Housing LLC, owns all of the Navy family housing units in the Key West area. Over a year Read More...
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PROPOSED NOISE LAW HAS FLAWS
Years ago, Yankee Jack, the longtime entertainer at the Bull Bar, told me a story about why he decided to move to Key West. He said he was an entertainer on a cruise ship that pulled into Key West for the night and, of course, he took a walking tour of Duval Street. “I was Read More...
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Tourists: We Want Their Dollars Without Providing Services
Anyone who has ever lived in the northern part of the country knows how alluring the blue skies and sandy beaches of the Keys can be during the winter, especially a winter as brutal as the one that the Midwest and Northeast have just experienced. Visitors come here primarily for the warmth and not for Read More...
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Powerful Governments–Compel Obedience–Punish Dissent…
Deliberately administering any type of cruel and violent punishment to an animal is a serious criminal act. There is not, nor will there ever be, a law that sanctions such behavior. Most societies and cultures that butcher animals for food, adhere to a merciful means of terminating their lives. In accordance with the ‘United States Read More...
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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...
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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...
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The Frisbee King Throws to the Future
Getting old requires adapting to changed circumstances. I dislike this as much as anyone, both the getting and the adapting. In our late 60s, we have more time, but less money, energy and strength. Parts that were once just fine now hurt. Some need to be repaired or replaced. Some things can’t be fixed. Our Read More...
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I Am Playing Badminton In My Soul
When I was a kid, my mom and I used to play badminton in the yard. Badminton, as it turns out, is not only a terrifically fun word to spell and say, but it is also a hilarious sport, especially when you are completely lacking many things that “other” people may consider crucial to the Read More...
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Key West High School Live Reporting Team Placed First In Nation!
Last week in Orlando, three Key West High School students from the Conch 5 Studios National Team placed first in the nation in the Team Live Reporting category at the Student Television Network Convention. Morgan Denhart, Austin Svedjan, and Riley Schill collaborated on the winning effort. All three are students in Ed Smith’s television production class. Read More...
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THE BLUE PAPER WELCOMES TWO NEW ADVERTISERS THIS MONTH
DID YOU KNOW ONLINE ADS IN THE BLUE PAPER WERE VIEWED OVER 36,000 TIMES THIS MONTH ALREADY? ~~~~~~~~~ ONLINE ONLY ADS BEGIN AT $ 95.00/MONTH ADD THE STREET POSTER OPTION BEGINNING AT $ 200/MONTH CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION OR CALL: (305) 304-6882 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ JUST A FEW SPOTS LEFT FOR 5″ WIDE FULL-COLOR ADS ON Read More...
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TUNATOONS: The Wolf Series
Cartoon by artist and former Key Wester (for 22 years) now living in New Mexico Richard “Tuna” Rohe
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The Battle of the Bulge
I’m going back a bit in time here to revisit the first episode of Cosmos from a couple of weeks ago. At one point in that show, host Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioned that the earth and moon were much closer to each other when they were cutting their planetary baby teeth. Then he said something Read More...
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EPA Proposes Biggest Step for Clean Water in a Decade
Today, in the biggest step forward for clean water in more than a decade, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a rule to close loopholes in the Clean Water Act that leave nearly 30% of Florida’s streams and millions of acres of wetlands at risk of unchecked pollution and development. “With the drinking water for close Read More...
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Monthly Artisan Market Celebrates Ocean Awareness
The Key West Artisan Market: Ocean Awareness Edition will be held Sunday, March 30 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Restaurant Store parking lot in support the Mote Marine’s Oceanfest Key West on Saturday. The Market is a new monthly attraction with only one more date set for April 27 in conjunction with Read More...
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Breast Cancer Rates Increasing Among Younger Women In Florida; National Breast Cancer Prevention Project Relocates to Key West
More Florida women, under 50 years old, are being diagnosed with invasive breast cancer each year. In 1984 only 53 out of 100,000 women in the state were diagnosed; by 2008 that number had jumped to 74 out of 100,000; a 1.7 percent annual increase, according to the Florida Statewide Cancer Registry. Florida women are Read More...
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CLYBOURNE PARK –POLITICALLY INCORRECT
CLYBOURNE PARK, written by Bruce Norris and directed by Carole MacCartee at Red Barn Theatre, raises the bar on politically incorrect wit. The Pulitzer Prize-winning dialogue wades deeply into the morass of race, mental challenges, handicapped issues and family and community dynamics, trading each groan for a laugh. Audiences gasp before bursting in laughter at Read More...
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FLORIDA STANDARDS COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU ~ State Farm contributes $100,000 to promote Florida Standards ~
Videos starring the Florida Standards are in the works to spread the word about how best to teach the concepts to students. State Farm is partnering with the Florida Education Foundation and the Florida Department of Education to help bring the project to life. State Farm contributed $ 100,000 to make the project possible. Read More...
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SAVE THE DATE! Saturday April 12th / Salute on the Beach to Present After Life Book Signing Event
Saturday, April 12, 4-6 pm, at Salute on the Beach in Key West, Carol Tedesco, Roberta DePiero and Jane Newhagen will present After Life – Images from the Key West Cemetery at a public book launch and signing event. Published by the New Atlantian Library,with photography by Tedesco and DePiero and prose by Newhagen, After Read More...
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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…)
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Calling All Artists!
Key West is ready to get animated, but Fantasy Fest® 2014 “Animeted Dreams & Adventures” needs you! Dust off your sketch pencils, ready your mouse, and prepare your canvas for an animated take on Key West. Bring your wildest dreams and adventures to life. Kawaii! The Fantasy Fest poster contest is your chance is to Read More...
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Women’s Journal Writing Group: Spring Session Offered
Do you want to write your first novel; journal more each week, or begin a family history? The Women’s Journal Writing Group is now accepting new members for the 6-week Spring Session beginning the first week in April. “The Journal Writing Group is like going to the gym. we all need a chance to exercise the emotional and Read More...
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Women's Journal Writing Group: Spring Session Offered
Do you want to write your first novel; journal more each week, or begin a family history? The Women’s Journal Writing Group is now accepting new members for the 6-week Spring Session beginning the first week in April. “The Journal Writing Group is like going to the gym. we all need a chance to exercise the emotional and Read More...
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The Russians Are Coming – To Tennessee Williams Fine Arts Center! THIS SUNDAY!
Impromptu Classical Concerts will present a special, non-subscription performance by the acclaimed Chamber Orchestra Kremlin at Tennessee Williams Theatre, on Sunday March 30, 4:00 pm. The special concert is in commemoration of the 100th birthday of well-loved arts patron Florence Fox-Loeb, one of Key West’s “grande dames” in the very best sense of the term. Read More...
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Continuing Through The End of the March: Fausto’s ‘Rounds It Up’ for VNA/Hospice
For the entire month of March, both Fausto’s Food Palace locations (1105 White St. and 522 Fleming St.) are participating in a community support promotion to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association & Hospice of the Florida Keys. Dubbed “Round It UP!”, the program enables customers of the locally owned and operated gourmet grocery and food Read More...
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SAVE THE DATE! APRIL 21, 2014: Hometown!'s "Call for Candidates" Event at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach at 5 p.m.
Hometown! PAC Announces Call for Candidates Event Dear Members, Prospective Members of Hometown PAC, and all Candidates, Prospective Candidates and Those Merely Testing the Waters: Please join us on Monday, April 21, 2014, when Key West’s Hometown! will present declared and potential candidates for the upcoming elections. The event will be held at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach, starting Read More...
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SAVE THE DATE! APRIL 21, 2014: Hometown!’s “Call for Candidates” Event at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach at 5 p.m.
Hometown! PAC Announces Call for Candidates Event Dear Members, Prospective Members of Hometown PAC, and all Candidates, Prospective Candidates and Those Merely Testing the Waters: Please join us on Monday, April 21, 2014, when Key West’s Hometown! will present declared and potential candidates for the upcoming elections. The event will be held at Salute Restaurant, Higgs Beach, starting Read More...
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Southernmost Magnolia: Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler!
Southernmost Magnolia, the Key West version of the renowned New England band Magnolia, plays a unique blend of Cajun, country, and bluegrass music. Led by singer and guitarist Maggie Moniz, with local fixtures Steve Gibson on mandolin and Chief Billy or Cindy Jefferson on bass, world-famous Chuck Sherman on pedal steel, and special guest Joe Read More...
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