Woodrat
A soon-to-be-released children’s book about the endangered Key Largo woodrat may foreshadow actual events.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
Keys Life
In a successful spawn, a colony of boulder corals releases bundles of gametes in a spawn, attracting the attention of a brittle starfish.
The August full moon had passed, so on a starlit night at the Looe Key reef, a team of marine scientists rolled off the back of a Mote Marine Laboratory boat.
Posted - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 03:34 PM EDT
From the library's photo collection.
Monroe County Historian Tom Hambright remembers when looking at historic Keys photos meant digging out dusty old single copies from the back room and sharing them with one or two people at a time.
Posted - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 03:00 PM EDT
Hannah Child and her mom Amy Sollie walk Bubbles down the aisle.
Bubbles and Spike Howell were married on Aug. 23 in a backyard ceremony in Marathon. The bride, a pretty blue parakeet, was walked down the aisle by her owner, 9-year-old Hannah Child, and Hannah's mother Amy Sollie. Spike Howell, a yellow male parakeet, was waiting at the altar in the arms of his owner, 7-year-old Aydan Child, Hannah's brother.
Posted - Saturday, August 30, 2008 08:31 AM EDT
The Key West Heritage House’s Robert Frost Poetry Festival is holding its second annual Women and Words Poetry Reading on Wednesday, Sept. 3, in conjunction with Womenfest Key West. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m. at La Te Da on Duval Street.
Posted - Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:51 PM EDT
- Conch chatter: Keys dancers have busy summer abroad
Justine Lozeau and Daniella Score stand outside the entrance of Radio City Music Hall in New York City in June. The girls, students at On Your Toes Dance Studio in Tavernier, spent a week dancing with the Rockettes. (Contributed photo)
For nine local dancers, students at On Your Toes Dance Studio in Tavernier, the summer of 2008 will be remembered for more than fun in the sun. They spent much of their school break advancing their training at programs from New York to Miami.
Posted - Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
- Labor Day storm victims to be remembered
Part of the Hurricane Monument in Islamorada includes a dedication plaque and a frieze of palm trees bent in the wind (Photo by David Hawkins)
The Matecumbe Historical Trust will honor the hundreds of men and women who died in the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 with a memorial service on Monday, September 1.
Posted - Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
- Creating worlds for titans
A 40-foot-tall stainless steel globe created by artist Kim Brandell stands in front of Donald Trump’s Manhattan tower. (Photo courtesy of Kim Brandell)
Not many people can say they’ve given Donald Trump the world.
Posted - Thursday, August 28, 2008 12:38 PM EDT
- In praise of the maligned woodrat
The Key Largo woodrat is not the kind of rodent most people think of when they hear the word 'rat.' It's more like a mouse.
A soon-to-be-released children's book about the endangered Key Largo woodrat may foreshadow actual events. "Woodrat Jill" by local writer Nicky Laak tells the story of Jill, a woodrat introduced into the North Key Largo hardwood hammock after being born in a born in a zoo program.
Posted - Thursday, August 28, 2008 10:14 AM EDT
- Teddy Roosevelt's bird sanctuary thriving
President Theodore Roosevelt put a feather in his cap just over 100 years ago by signing into law the establishment of the Key West National Wildlife Refuge.
Posted - Saturday, August 16, 2008 07:35 AM EDT
