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Grant helps with rent

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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It was a simple fall that left Kathy, a 61-year-old Upper Keys housekeeper, without work for months and struggling to pay her bills. Kathy fractured her wrist and pelvis while cleaning her own...

Incumbent, newcomer win election

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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Marathon Mayor Mike Cinque and political newcomer Richard Keating took home the two seats that were up for grabs in Tuesday's Marathon City Council election. Cinque received the most votes of the...

Blue Star honors reef protection

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

The Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary has welcomed its first dive operator into a new program that recognizes businesses for responsible diving and snorkeling practices that do not harm the...

Housing nonprofit faltering

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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A Bahama Village affordable housing nonprofit that is in financial jeopardy has laid off its founder and executive director. The Bahama Conch Community Land Trust (BCCLT) board on Friday informed...

Tenant's rental scam ends, but 'Paradise' still lost

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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LONG KEY -- Garabet Khatchikian sits on an antique chair in the Long Key home that used to be marketed on the Internet as Ocean Paradise Villa. But for the 63-year-old former mechanic, this...

19-year-old in porn tape must register as a sexual offender

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

PLANTATION KEY -- The young man who had sex with a 16-year-old girl in a home-made porn movie must register as a sexual offender and serve five years' probation after pleading "no contest" in circuit...

Man gets prison for brutal attack on girlfriend

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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PLANTATION KEY -- Calling Donald Lee Faulkner a "monster," Circuit Judge Luis Garcia on Monday sentenced the 47-year-old Key Largo man to four years in prison and five years' probation for aggravated...

Sick leave, road abandonment on council agenda

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

ISLAMORADA -- A sick-leave transfer policy and a road abandonment requested by a potential Village Council candidate will be on the agenda when the council meets for it regular meeting at 5:30 p.m....

Infusion of donations buys bird center another month

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

KEY LARGO -- An outpouring of generosity in the form of cash has enabled the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center to continue operating at least for another month. The Free Press reported on Oct. 21 that...

Preschool scholarships available at St. James

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

PLANTATION KEY -- St. James Children's Center is offering two full and three partial scholarships for its nationally accredited preschool at mile marker 87.5, bayside. The scholarships will...

Counties team up to deal with climate change

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

South Florida's four counties have pledged to work together to adapt to threats posed by climate change. "This is not just a feel-good thing," Monroe County Mayor George Neugent said. "One of the...

Code officer questioned over sign removal

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009
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ISLAMORADA -- A village code enforcement officer got a talking-to from deputies last week after he was spotted taking down a sign outside Theater of the Sea. Monroe County Sheriff's Deputy Winfred...

Pediatrician: Local H1N1 symptoms comparatively mild

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

KEY LARGO -- The swine flu making the rounds in the Upper Keys has been mild in comparison with recent seasonal flu bugs, according to one local pediatrician. "I've found that H1N1 virus is not as...

Elaine Hirsch

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

HIRSCH, Elaine, 76, died on Oct. 22, 2009 after a lengthy illness. She had lived in Tavernier and Islamorada since 1982 and had been a resident of Highland Park, Ill. She graduated from Lake Erie...

Trying to capture snakes before they breed

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 4, 2009

KEY LARGO -- Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Officer Jason Rafter kneels down to the grass, focusing raptly on a 6-foot-long Burmese python. As the python coils, wiggles and...
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