Florida Keys News

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...

Fallen officers honored Fri.

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Monroe County hasn't lost an officer in the line of duty since Deputy Melissa Powers, 36, crashed her cruiser into a parked crane in Key Largo the night of June 22, 2010. But the dangerous...

BP $$ group meets in Keys

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013

Representatives from the 23 Florida Gulf counties the federal Restore Act deemed affected by the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill met Friday in Key Largo for their monthly session. "The big thing...

HOB builder: Take it back

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013

Coastal Construction, the contractor charged with building the Horace O'Bryant K-8 School, formally requested Friday that School Board members disown comments made in public regarding the...

Finally, Domingo Rosillo is honored

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013
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Albert Rosillo's voice cracked with emotion on Wednesday as he spoke about his father's historic flight between Key West and Cuba on May 18, 1913. On the 100th anniversary of the flight, Domingo...

Former math teacher acquitted

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013
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A Marathon jury took less than an hour Tuesday to acquit a former Key Largo School teacher of two counts of misdemeanor simple battery. Then a fifth-grade math teacher, Jose Zepeda was accused in...

Crime: KW up, Monroe down

Key West Citizen - Saturday, May 18, 2013

The crime rate in Key West spiked 13 percent in 2012 over 2011, while crime in Monroe County dropped 3.4 percent, according to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's annual Uniform Crime Report....

Navy, city to work on pier deal

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 17, 2013
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The Navy has permission to start hammering out a lease with the city of Key West for continued use of the Outer Mole Pier to dock cruise ships, a congressional House Committee has ruled. A letter...

KWHS: We'll be ready June 7

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 17, 2013

The bleachers at the Tommy Roberts Memorial Stadium aren't in great shape, but ongoing maintenance efforts should ensure they're in passable condition in time for Key West High School's graduation...

Reward for croc killer info

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 17, 2013
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State wildlife officials are offering a $6,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whoever shot and killed an American crocodile. The body of the 9-foot female reptile...

Police: Heart doctor steals meds

Key West Citizen - Friday, May 17, 2013
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A Key West surgeon is accused of stealing hundreds of sample medications, including flu vaccinations and pills to treat erectile dysfunction, from the office he leased at dePoo Hospital, reports...