Town Key West

New homes for marine life are waiting in the Gulf. And the door’s wide open. As the rest of the Florida Keys led a mad dash for lobster on Aug. 6, Monroe County Artificial Reefs Director Hanna Koch, Marathon diver Rachel Bowman and Finz Dive Center owner and captain Robert Trosset were combating winds, waves

Two days were all it took for the Islamorada Village Council to work through a tentative spending plan, with $23.7 million for day-to-day operations and $25.1 million for enterprise functions, and propose a 2.7231 millage rate. On the average Islamorada home valued at $1.2 million that receives a $50,000 homestead exemption, the homeowner would pay

A statewide ethics board last week dismissed complaints against Key West Mayor Dee Dee Henriquez and City Manager Brian Barroso. The complaints alleged the two had used or failed to prevent the use of city resources, namely its social media accounts, “in a manner that benefited the mayor’s reelection campaign,” according to the dismissal orders

Leading up to the November general election, the Keys Weekly is committed to helping our community learn more about the candidates running to represent them. In the Gem of the Florida Keys this fall, two seated Key Colony Beach commissioners – Mayor Freddie Foster and commissioner Kirk Diehl – will square off with Lynne Benton

The Key West Business Guild, the nation’s first LGBTQ+ destination marketing organization, last week appointed Fritzie Estimond to the executive director position. Since its founding in 1978, the Key West Business Guild has promoted Key West as one of the world’s most welcoming LGBTQ+ destinations while supporting the island’s diverse business community. Today, the guild