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Back in the olden days, which right now I'm saying is anytime before March 2020, when the Key West Covid sun seekers descended, this wouldn't have rated more than a passing comment over dinner:...
Linda Grist Cunningham is editor and proprietor of Key West Island News. She lives on the island with Ranger Ed and the Cat 5s.
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From the editor | LGC SaysLinda Grist Cunningham continues her four decades of reporting and writing in her columns from Key West. She explores local and national news and the political decisions that affect our lives, property investments and future of the Florida Keys. Her collection of Dear Connor columns is written for her grandson, Connor. Oh, and, she’ll take the occasional side trip to Key West wacky.
Back in the olden days, which right now I'm saying is anytime before March 2020, when the Key West Covid sun seekers descended, this wouldn't have rated more than a passing comment over dinner: "Hey, have you noticed how many parking spots there are along Southard?"...
I love my Key West Bubble, but national dissonance is dribbling through today. I am unsettled at the prospect of living through the dismantling of the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The 14th Amendment, ratified by the states in 1868, can be boiled down to this: Oops, when we wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights (the first 10 amendments), we were thinking only of straight white men with money. Perhaps we need to fix that?
Is it any wonder folks up the Keys occasionally (OK, a lot) wish Key West weren't so arrogantly dismissive of and willfully ignorant of the 21st century challenges they face? For 200 years, Key West was the legendary alpha dog for which local political control meant...
Key West is not Florida — and that’s before we dabble in politics. Doesn’t take a genius to know that Key West’s politics have always been rooted firmly in libertarian ideals. (Let’s not confuse libertarian with liberal, much less Democrat or Republican.)
In Key West Covid escalated the trends that were already shaping and defining our island. Over the next eight years, Key West will complete perhaps the most transformative of its historic changes: the shift from local working town where a few folks always visited to a full-on tourist destination with pockets of locals who can hang on.
Who we are: We are a Key West-owned digital news and information company that uses a community-support model to sustain our news, information and connections mission. Our funding comes from our local and off-island subscribers, select advertisers and investors. We are governed by an advisory board comprising residents and journalism and community-building professionals. Editor and publisher Linda Grist Cunningham owns KeyWestWatch Media LLC, which publishes Key West Island News
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Key West chef and photographer Martha Hubbard walks the island each morning. For years she has shared with her social media friends a photo or two to start the day. Now she shares her photographs exclusively with Key West Island News. From pounding waves off the White Street pier to a Royal Poinciana bursting red, Martha’s photos are a stunning reminder that we live in a canvas made new every day.
Contemporary artisan ceramics and photographs crafted in Key West | Follow the latest news from our gallery! We love sharing what we’re doing in the White Street gallery — and we welcome you to stop in when you’re in the neighborhood.
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The Key West Tropical Forest & Botanical Garden: The only frost-free botanical garden in the continental United States. The Garden stresses the importance of native plants and species in a natural conservation habitat.
Many of our favorite Key West places-to-visit post their events and specials on their Facebook pages. So, if you're looking for even more to do, here are our recommendations. (PS: These are our favorites. No one pays us to promote them.)
Second one in a week.❗BREAKING NEWS:
A 51-foot sperm whale was beached near an island offshore off Key West yesterday. TowboatUS towed the whale to Robbie's Marina on Stock Island, where biologists from a host of agencies are now completing a necropsy to determine its cause of death. But officials from Florida Fish & Wildlife emphasized that they have no answers yet and likely won't until late this evening. ... See MoreSee Less
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Second one in a week in the Keys.❗BREAKING NEWS:
A 51-foot sperm whale was beached near an island offshore off Key West yesterday. TowboatUS towed the whale to Robbie's Marina on Stock Island, where biologists from a host of agencies are now completing a necropsy to determine its cause of death. But officials from Florida Fish & Wildlife emphasized that they have no answers yet and likely won't until late this evening. ... See MoreSee Less
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