ISLAMORADA, Florida Keys — Bargain hunters looking for deals can ogle new and used gems at the annual Gigantic Nautical Flea Market, a two-day open-air market set for Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 20-21, at Founders Park, mile marker 87 bayside on Plantation Key.
Boat parts, electronics, marine products, scuba and snorkel gear, dock equipment, nautical arts [...]

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KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Twenty-five teams of women and girls from across the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Scandinavian countries and the United Kingdom are to converge on Key West in February for the 19th annual Kelly McGillis Classic International Women’s & Girls’ Flag Football Championship. The championship, named for and endorsed by the [...]

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WEST SUMMERLAND KEY, Florida Keys — As many as 650 amateur and professional astronomers from around the world are to gather in the Florida Keys Monday through Saturday, Feb. 8-13, attracted by the chance for 180-degree viewing of the Southern Cross and other constellations during the 26th annual Winter Star Party.
The event’s primary draw for [...]

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KEY WEST, Florida Keys — Since the Florida Keys were first settled in the 1820s, the island chain’s cuisine has been based around the bounty of the sea. Clawless Florida lobster, yellowtail snapper, sweet pink shrimp, grouper, stone crab claws and more — all harvested by Keys commercial fishermen — have become prized signature items [...]

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Posing for a photo Monday, Nov. 9, 2009, just before the annual World Travel Market opens in London,  are from left, Lisa Cooper, of the Monroe County Tourist Development Council’s United Kingdom public relations firm; Liz Johnson of  Noble House Resorts; Yves Vrielynck, TDC’s destination sales manager;  Lauren Sycamore, TDC’s UK representative; and Stacey Mitchell, [...]

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KEY LARGO, Florida Keys — The Florida Keys Overseas Highway, from just north of Key Largo to Key West, is now an All-American Road.
The designation was announced Friday by U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and a plaque was presented by Victor Mendez, administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, during a ceremony in Washington, D.C.
The Keys [...]

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KEY WEST, Florida Keys — When internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Jimmy Buffett wrote “I Have Found Me a Home” about Key West, he described riding his old red bike to “the bars and the beaches of my town.” Thursday through Sunday, Nov. 5-8, the island popularly credited as the inspiration for the entertainer’s hit “Margaritaville” is [...]

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Google Trends is just another example of how Google is the black hole of all data and how the folks that run the show are smart enough to actually do something interesting with it.

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It’s going to take some rethinking to get the Millennials to consume our news and information in one of the most radical transformations of media since the introduction of the printing press.

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By turning to freelancers, wire services and syndicates, newspapers avoid the ethical quandary of accepting complimentary travel, which, heaven forbid, could pollute stories with smarmy public relations influence.

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