Florida Keys News

Waterfront board OK's assisted-living project

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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An advisory board to the City Commission on Monday unanimously approved a revamped proposal to build a 110-unit senior housing complex on the Truman Waterfront. The vote came 10 years after the...

Coach punched in the face

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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An argument over football drills has led to the hospitalization of a volunteer coach, and a third-degree felony battery charge against an ACE program student, who participates in Key West High School...

New clinic holding its own in dePoo building

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

With the Monroe County Health Department refocusing its mission away from primary care, the Lower Keys Community Health Center (LKCHC) has arrived just in time, according to its top administrator,...

Man found floating a mile from bridge

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, May 21, 2013

The Monroe County Medical Examiner was working Monday to identify a man who was last seen alive by two people fishing from the Channel 2 Bridge early Sunday morning. The two Miami residents...

School's out forever, as doors close for good

Key West Citizen - Monday, May 20, 2013
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The congested halls of Glynn R. Archer Elementary School are even more crowded than usual these days, as boxes of classroom supplies pile up throughout its buildings - and mounds of debris pile up in Dumpsters around the property.

Taking care of the tiger

Key West Citizen - Monday, May 20, 2013

As preparations begin to transform Glynn R. Archer Elementary School into the new Key West City Hall, one important detail of the work is about to be undertaken in advance of the main construction project: refurbishment of the huge steel tiger sculpture that has adorned the school's front lawn for nearly three decades.

BP fraudster wants new trial

Key West Citizen - Monday, May 20, 2013
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A Homestead man essentially facing life in prison after he was convicted of defrauding a now-shuttered BP oil claims center of $3 million wants a new trial. A federal jury convicted Jean Mari...

City awaits big blue 65-gallon recycle carts

Key West Citizen - Monday, May 20, 2013
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The city of Key West is eight weeks away from what is only the start of big changes when it comes to home recycling and trash pick-up. By mid-July, Utilities Manager Jay Gewin expects the arrival of 13,000 blue plastic 65-gallon wheeled carts, similar to the green garbage carts.

Fired doctor sues CVS over Rx

Key West Citizen - Monday, May 20, 2013
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A former Tavernier psychiatrist is suing CVS pharmacies for libel and slander over a Ritalin and Adderall prescription that the company refused to fill last year that he says led to his firing,...

Another hotel group puts properties on the market

Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 19, 2013
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With the island still getting used to the change in ownership of The Pier House Resort, another hotel group announced recently that its four properties are on the market.

4 New Town hotels down for summer

Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 19, 2013

Key West could get a little cozy this summer, when extensive renovations at four New Town hotels will eliminate 519 rooms from the island's lodging options.

False claims net 9 years

Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 19, 2013
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A Bahama Village man who filed fraudulent Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims was sentenced to more than nine years in prison Thursday in Miami as part of a plea agreement. U.S. District Judge Jose...

Library parking lot closed on Monday

Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 19, 2013

KEY WEST: The Elizabeth Street parking lot of the Key West library, 700 Fleming St., will be closed Monday for regrading. The library itself will be open 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. as usual. The parking...

Assisted living plan has deadline

Key West Citizen - Sunday, May 19, 2013
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The city of Key West continues to grapple with an almost decade-old proposal from a local group bent on placing an assisted living complex on the Truman Waterfront -- at a deeply discounted lease...

Research drone flies over reef

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013
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NASA scientists hope a small, unmanned helicopter will make big inroads in understanding the biology of our coral reefs and oceans. A team of those scientists and others from federal and state...