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Editor’s Note: T-minus 44 days until the 2026 Fantasy Fest parade. Join the Keys Weekly each week for exclusive Fantasy Fest features highlighting the people and projects behind the island’s biggest annual party.  Fantasy Fest is an endless showcase of local creativity — a weeklong parade of themed group costumes, extravagant floats, wild makeup and

Jimmy Buffett dreamed up the Island of Lost Laundry, and it was a perfect example of his extraordinary creativity.  He mentioned the mythical island in a 1985 article in the Coconut Telegraph, the combination fan newsletter and mail-order catalog for his brand-new Margaritaville Store. I know this because, when Jimmy and his business partner Sunshine

Habitat for Humanity of the Middle Keys thanked Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters for the company’s support in the Middle Keys. ‘Aquarium Encounters’ donation of $200,000 as a full-home sponsor of Habitat’s most recent build at 105th Street in Marathon is monumental to the success of our mission,’ said Habitat Middle Keys executive director Chris Todd

School staff, students, parents, alumni and local officials gathered for a recent ribbon-cutting to introduce a colorful and inviting new outdoor play space at St. James Children’s Center in Islamorada.  The new space in the rear of the school building includes a playhouse, tree climber, toys for the kids and seating. The transformation included cleaning

Before his death on Sept. 1, 2023, Jimmy Buffett reportedly told friends and family to “keep the party going. Play the music.” And Key West has done exactly that in the three years since the singer/songwriter succumbed to a rare form of skin cancer known as Merkel cell carcinoma in his Sag Harbor, N.Y. home.