Wednesday, August 15, 2012

20 YEARS AGO

The president of the San Carlos Institute paid the city $30,000 in impact fees but said he might go to court to get the money back.

Low Key Productions Inc. had a crew in town working on a 12-episode TV show called "Key West," which aired on Fox TV in October.

Unit 292 in the Shipyard Condominiums in Truman Annex sold for a reported $127,300.

50 YEARS AGO

The Retail Merchants Association was calling for repeal of the Key West City Commission's plan to restore parking meters.

The Monroe County School Board approved the assignment of 30 black students to the previously all-white schools.

The U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries approved $425,000 for a study of more effective ways to catch shrimp.

100 YEARS AGO

The Key West Electric Co., with S.B. Tuell as manager, had offices at the corner of Duval and Greene streets.