Gwen Filosa
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The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has a petting zoo at its jail on Stock Island. They just adopted a skunk who needed a home.
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The Keys Immigrant Coalition is offering a free trilingual public workshop Jan. 24 for families, friends and supporters of migrants wanting to sponsor arrivals through the Biden administration's new parole program.
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Jacqueline Woodson, a MacArthur Fellow whose memoir, Brown Girl Dreaming, won the National Book Award, visited Key West High School during January's Key West Literary Seminar.
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Nonstop migrant landings in the Florida Keys has overwhelmed federal law enforcement agencies. But the county must deal with the boats left behind in an already fragile environment.
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The Key West Literary Seminar opens Jan. 12 in Key West with the theme 'Singing America: A Celebration of Black Literature.' America's best writers appear at the seminar, now in its 40th year, and 500 people have registered to attend.
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For 30 years Gary Marion has portrayed drag queen Sushi. A Key West institution, Sushi was at the center of one of the town's most beloved New Year's Eve traditions - but after 25 years, it's time for someone new to drop in the giant red high heel at midnight.
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Federal officials became overwhelmed as nearly 500 Cuban migrants landed in or near the Keys between Dec. 30 and Jan. 1, before 100 Haitians in a sailboat arrived in Key Largo on Tuesday. Arrivals forced Dry Tortugas National Park to close.
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Mabel Probet is a Cuban artist who expresses the personal struggles in her country through her work. Her latest installation — on public display in Key West — is spectacular and timely.
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A 77-year-old Florida Keys woman has been charged in federal court with shooting one of the endangered Key deer unique to the Keys.
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Cubans are arriving in the Florida Keys in rickety boats in larger numbers than a year ago, the U.S. Border Patrol reports. Between Sunday and Tuesday alone, more than 120 people from the island landed in the Keys on handmade boats.
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At Sigsbee Charter School, located within a Navy base in Key West, the pandemic led to a drastic increase in mental health referrals and a decline in students taking science, technology, engineering and math classes. Teachers believe the issues are linked — and now they will have access to a grant to tackle the problem.
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Fred the Tree delights people in the Florida Keys from his home atop an old bridge. Now he's about to have a role in the Jake Gyllenhaal remake of 1980s cult classic film ‘Road House’.