Celebrating after the winning bid was announced are (from left) Brewster Chamberlin and Annette Liggett from the Friends of the Key West Library, Peter and Richard Bennett, and Christine Dunn, administrator of the library.
Richard Bennett of Big Pine Key doesn't have one of the 240,000 coveted tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration -- but he does have a nice place to stay for it.
Posted - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:01 AM EST
The low number of active staff physicians at Marathon's Fishermen's Hospital appears to be one factor dragging an otherwise good facility down, says one health management expert.
Posted - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:01 AM EST
Florida's bridge and shore anglers are raising concern for federal fishery managers.
Posted - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:01 AM EST
Marathon residents unhappy with a decision to allow the city finance director to build a hotel over the height limit are free to appeal.
Posted - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:01 AM EST
Jeff Raumer moved to Key West for a fresh start, but he's finding the same financial problems he had in Minnesota. He's among those who have applied for food stamps just to get by.
"I'm a homeless vet. I'm applying for food stamp assistance and looking for work," Jeff Raumer said as he waited to talk to a state Department of Children and Families case worker Tuesday in Key West.
Posted - Wednesday, December 31, 2008 07:01 AM EST
Barack Obama’s mantra of “change” for the presidential election in 2008 trickled south to the Florida Keys.
Posted - Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:04 PM EST
The average home price in the Keys continued to drop in 2008, as the twin pressures of high inventory and a growing number of short sales and foreclosures weighed down the market.
Posted - Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:04 PM EST
For better or worse, 2008 might well be remembered as the beginning of the Ken Fields era in Islamorada. And, for better or worse, it was the year the village took major strides in bringing advanced wastewater treatment to its islands.
Posted - Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:03 PM EST
This is the wreckage in November of the crash that killed Nick Pham, a 38-year-old Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputy.
On Jan. 3, 2008, temperatures of 36 degrees were recorded at John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park in Key Largo and 45 degrees in Key West -- breaking a record dating back to 1898.
Posted - Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:02 PM EST
Marathon officials hosted a gathering of state and federal officials Dec. 5 in an attempt to stir interest in making the 1,100-acre Boot Key an eco-preserve.
Marathon faced a number of issues in 2008 critical to its economic future and the health and welfare of its residents.
Posted - Saturday, December 27, 2008 12:02 PM EST
