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Trial for alleged rapist began Monday

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Jury selection began Monday in the trial of a man accused of raping a 38-year-old Bahama Village woman more than four years ago while her three children slept in the next room. If convicted, Leroy...

Academic team's $7K trip cut

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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The Monroe County School District might want to update its website. Its recent announcement that the Academic Challenge team from Key West High School is headed to the state championship in Orlando...

Partner benefits on city agenda

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Key West city commissioners are expected to decide today whether city contracts should require that vendors provide the same medical benefits options to qualified same-sex couples that are offered to...

Two more file for clerk post

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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Two more people have entered the race to be the next Monroe County Clerk of the Circuit Court, and both want to the office to better utilize technology, which they say would make the office and court...

Record rain leaves neighborhood awash

Key West Citizen - Tuesday, February 7, 2012
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While most Lower Keys streets and yards had dried out from Sunday's record rainfall by Monday, there were several working-class neighborhoods of Stock Island still ankle-deep in water. Ninth and...

News

Key West Citizen - Monday, February 6, 2012
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RELAY FOR LIFE Relay For Life raises money for the American Cancer Society. On April 20, the survivors/caregivers Reception will be from 5 to 6 p.m., the opening ceremonies at 6 p.m. and the...

Power utility tests wind turbines

Key West Citizen - Monday, February 6, 2012
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Travelers along U.S. 1 may have noticed a new feature -- or two -- on Cudjoe Key. Two wind turbines, which Keys Energy Services recently erected at the electrical substation near Mile Marker 23,...

State studies fishing quotas

Key West Citizen - Monday, February 6, 2012

State fishery managers on Tuesday will weigh the pros and cons of some controversial fishery management tools that set quotas for different species of commercially harvested fish. The Florida Fish...

Buoy helps measure carbon dioxide

Key West Citizen - Monday, February 6, 2012
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A new monitoring buoy off Upper Matecumbe Key will help scientists track the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels on protected coral reefs. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration...

Bug board candidate to move, run

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012
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It looks like Joan Lord-Papy will have some competition after all, if she runs for re-election to the seat she has held for 18 years. Jillian Cranney-Gage said Friday she will run for the District...

Feds promise more fire notice, planning

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012

Whenever federal wildlife officials light a fire to knock down vegetation in the Big Pine Key refuge, there will be a water helicopter and advanced notice to area residents, according to a 32-page...

Pilots keep eye on the meatball

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012

A hornet's nest of activity will buzz over Naval Air Station Key West today as elite flight students take part in their own Super Bowl of sorts. Some 70 Navy and Marine pilots vying for cockpit...

City to vote on panhandling law with zones

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012
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Would Key West panhandlers really stand in a designated spot in Mallory Square where it's up to passersby whether to come by to feed them change and folded bills? "Probably not," said Mayor Craig...

City to vote on Glynn Archer

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012
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City commissioners will finally get a chance to formally weigh in on whether the 82-year-old Glynn Archer Elementary School building has City Hall written all over it. By a unanimous vote two...

Street artists, vendors could get boot

Key West Citizen - Sunday, February 5, 2012
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As Jet Ski riders frolicked in teal ocean waters near Key West's South Beach Pier, tourists ogled the handmade jewelry that artisan Dennis Tomlinson had laid out on towels Friday morning. About a...
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