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Hemingway Days started in 1981. This year’s celebration concluded Sunday on the 125th anniversary of the late author Ernest Hemingway’s birth on July 21, 1899.
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Florida drivers may soon be able to cruise down Jimmy Buffett Memorial Highway while sporting a Margaritaville license plate. The legendary singer-songwriter died last year.
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The Florida Keys celebrated its bicentennial along the Gulf of Mexico with a Key lime pie more than 13 feet in diameter — which organizers say is a world record.
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After 25 years of “dropping” in a giant red high-heeled shoe on New Year’s Eve, elaborately dressed as legendary Key West drag queen “Sushi,” Gary Marion is hanging up the heel. For a quarter of a century, Marion’s alter ego Sushi has starred in the Bourbon St. Pub complex’s New Year’s Eve festivities, a Florida Keys takeoff on New York City’s Times Square ball drop that’s dubbed the Red Shoe Drop.
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Florida lawmakers are trying to overrule Key West’s ban on certain sunscreen sales. They want the state – and not cities to regulate sales. The proposed…
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The Port of Key West remains closed in the wake of Hurricane Irma, and the Coast Guard is urging boaters to stay away.Coast Guard officials warned in a…
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A group of scientists and volunteers in Key West is taking steps to revitalize local coral reefs.Key West’s Mote Marine Lab is heading up an effort to…
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A Key West prosecutor is urging lawmakers to crack down on lobster poaching. Monroe County State Attorney Catherine Vogel told a House panel the law needs…
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Florida State Attorney General Pam Bondi has appealed a judge’s ruling declaring Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional. She filed the appeal within…
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The Florida Keys boasts a variety of flora and fauna, and tourists flock to the region to soak up the sun and enjoy the climate. The area has tried hard…