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Ros-Lehtinen intervenes in postal staffing

Key West Citizen - Friday, November 20, 2009
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The Florida Keys' congresswoman has protested staffing reductions at Key West post offices, which have resulted in long lines and waits of 30 to 60 minutes for service. U.S. Rep. Ileana...

Outsiders to prosecute murder

Key West Citizen - Friday, November 20, 2009
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Monroe County prosecutors learned Thursday the governor has assigned a Fantasy Fest stabbing death case to an outside State Attorney's Office because of concerns over perceived conflicts of...

City OKs tour rules

Key West Citizen - Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Key West has a new rule governing the way sightseeing tour vehicles operate on city streets, but lawmakers failed to hash out a specific agreement for a company that wants to start a new trolley-tour...

Local agencies collect toys, seek needy families

Key West Citizen - Thursday, November 19, 2009

Local law enforcement agencies are collecting unwrapped holiday toys and monetary donations for needy children and seeking needy families who want a visit from Santa. Until 3 p.m. Dec. 10, the Key...

Late commissioner was for the people

Key West Citizen - Thursday, November 19, 2009
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Mary Kay Reich, a former two-term Monroe County commissioner known for her pragmatism and being a friend of the working class, is dead at age 76. Reich lapsed into a coma after surgery to remove...

County allows for some building fee waivers

Key West Citizen - Thursday, November 19, 2009
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The Monroe County Commission on Wednesday agreed to waive building and planning fees for select nonprofit agencies and for-profit developers who build affordable housing projects in the Florida...

County loses $1M contract

Key West Citizen - Thursday, November 19, 2009
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The Monroe County budget just took another $1 million annual hit. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) no longer will use the Monroe County Detention Center on Stock Island as its...

Keys shun new breast advice

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Dr. Sharon Ward has diagnosed a half-dozen women in the past five years with breast cancer. All but one of them were younger than 50. That's why Ward, who has a gynecology and obstetrics practice...

Franchise discussion continues

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009

As of press time at 11 p.m. Tuesday, the Key West City Commission had not begun its discussion of a pending franchise agreement with CityView Trolleys. Officials also had not discussed the second...

School Board wants money back for report

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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The School Board will give an ultimatum to the company that allegedly reduced state-mandated job requirements for key administrators to reflect their lack of education and experience: Pay back the...

FKCC prez: Let me do my job

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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The Florida Keys Community College's new interim president said he prefers the board of trustees stays about "30,000 feet" away and lets him do his job. "I like it that way," Larry Tyree said at a...

Mugging suspect wants mental health tests

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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A 17-year-old boy accused of mugging three people on Key West streets this summer may be incompetent to stand trial, according to his attorney, who has asked the state to pay for mental health...

Feds ban fish sales

Key West Citizen - Wednesday, November 18, 2009
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Recreational anglers and charter fishing boat captains cannot sell their grouper and snapper catches off the docks or to local fish houses after Dec. 16 without buying scarce and expensive permits...

'Shadow Point' a cut above

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 18, 2009

KEY LARGO -- Nestled among shady hardwoods on the edge of Largo Sound is a 2.5-acre compound straight out of the 1930s. Shadow Point at the end of Bonito Avenue at mile marker 103.8 is home to two...

Sewer fix: $1.35M

Islamorada/KL Free Press - Wednesday, November 18, 2009

ISLAMORADA -- It will cost an estimated $1.35 million to repair the Plantation Key Colony sewer system. Engineers found that nearly a mile of new pipe must be installed if sewer suction is to...
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