Town Key West

Over a career spanning more than six decades, including more than two decades in the Florida Keys, Judy Hull has retired as the executive director of the Islamorada Chamber of Commerce, a position she has held since early 2005. The common denominator to her successes in Islamorada and the Keys goes back to her varied

In the Florida Keys, devastating marine heat waves can turn vibrant coral reefs into underwater graveyards. But according to two new studies published earlier this month, bleached and struggling corals may have another lifeline: help from healthy, genetically identical neighbors. And the discovery happened by accident. In his lab, Stanford University marine biologist Stephen Palumbi

Many years ago during Key West’s Fantasy Fest celebration, a local doctor friend of mine went crazy. Renowned for healing people in pain, Doc Oscar (not his real name, for reasons that will become clear) shaved all the fur off his dog Tabasco (not HIS real name, either) and painted his own skin to match

From the best educator and artist to Key lime pie and place to swim, the hardware and ultimate bragging rights are on the line, as finalist voting in the annual Best of Upper Keys continues until Sunday, Nov. 1. And who will take the best celebrity? Will it be Pickles the Paw, Double Dietrich, Eddie

Monroe County’s three high school football programs share more than geography. Each is led by a Miami-born coach who made his way south to the Keys, and each has a player on the roster who calls his head coach something other than Coach: Dad. In Tavernier, head coach Ed Holly is no stranger to coaching