Issue #24 — Friday, August 23, 2013
The Gentrification of Simonton Street Trailer Park
As a hundred or so residents begin packing in view of their upcoming eviction from the defunct Simonton Street Trailer Park, one wonders what has done-in the small village tucked beneath those shady trees. The City Commission voted last Tuesday to approve Joe Cleghorn’s redevelopment plan, which includes cutting down 40 of 45 trees and Read More...
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“My cat got a bird!” That’s what Amanda Margraves at the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center in Tavernier hears over and over again. Margraves, who is the hospital manager and wildlife rehabilitator at the site, estimates that 50 percent of the injured baby birds they take in arrive as a result of cat attacks. What’s Read More...
Some days, I wonder why I ever get out of bed in the morning? Father Steve Braddock of Florida Keys Outreach Coalition replied to yesterday’s post: Sloan: The gentleman whose photo leads your post today “Duval Street repeat offender” exited the FKOC program clean and sober in October 2011 after 20+ years on the street. Read More...
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Love Lane Gang Scores with Kids of all Ages at Saturday’s Sound Check
The Love Lane Gang, now a gang of four and quickly becoming a locals’ favorite, made their Green Parrot debut this past weekend, along with a bunch of friends. The music was pure child’s play and adult happiness as all ages kicked up their heels, enchanted by the upbeat friendly racket created by harmonica, guitar, Read More...
Key West Pickleball Club Organizational Meeting
3pm, Saturday, August 24, 2013 La Brisa Club House (1901 S. Roosevelt) Key Westers – and tourists — have been playing pickleball on the island for about 5 years. (More background in: this article.) They’ve had a great time, had good work-outs and met lots of nice people on the “borrowed” tennis courts at 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...
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...
August 23, 2013 WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Joe Garcia urges the Florida Legislature to reconsider their decision to strip Florida’s Insurance Commissioner of the power to review health insurance premiums. In a letter sent Thursday to the Florida House Speaker, Will Weatherford, and Florida Senate President, Don Gaetz, Garcia wrote, “While you do not support Read More...
Love Lane Gang Scores with Kids of all Ages at Saturday’s Sound Check
The Love Lane Gang, now a gang of four and quickly becoming a locals’ favorite, made their Green Parrot debut this past weekend, along with a bunch of friends. The music was pure child’s play and adult happiness as all ages kicked up their heels, enchanted by the upbeat friendly racket created by harmonica, guitar, Read More...
4TH ANNUAL WESLEY HOUSE SUMMER JAM!
Sponsors are sought for the 4th Annual Summer Jam, a family friendly island style concert-party held September 21 at Dante’s Key West Pool Bar & Restaurant/ Prime Steakhouse in Key West. To be a sponsor for this event that supports Wesley House Family Services and its crucial work on behalf of children and families in 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…)
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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