Town Key West

The Waterfront Playhouse recently announced the appointment of Becki Balcer as its new director of development and community engagement. A longtime Key West resident, nonprofit leader and familiar face throughout the community, Balcer brings more than two decades of experience in fundraising, special events, community outreach and relationship building to the Waterfront Playhouse. Most recently,

In a town that swaps cornfields for miles of coastline, there’s still an abundance of places and events to find Halloween fun in the Middle Keys. Witches are taking over Crane Point, costumed trick-or-treaters are hitting the beach, and popular neighborhoods are stocking up on candy. This starts the time of year when keeping the

A few years back I had a client named Claudia who told me something I’ve heard some version of from a dozen people since. “Forty pounds. That’s where I always get to.” She wasn’t guessing. She’d done it more than once. Forty pounds off, every time, and then the same slow creep back. She’d decided

A 45-year-old Naples  woman was arrested on Oct. 11 after she allegedly kicked a Monroe County sheriff’s deputy and threatened to kill deputies as well as their families.  The sheriff’s office was called to a residence on Fox Street on Big Pine Key at approximately 2 a.m. regarding a disturbance. Two victims there stated the

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office recently received a report of a familiar scam with a new twist: A resident received a money demand via a fake notification in regular and electronic mail falsely stating they missed federal jury duty in Key West.  The fake money demand/arrest materials included false information from the Monroe County sheriff’s