Montessori Children's School student Ella Baxter is lost in a sea of pumpkins at the Southernmost Pumpkin Patch.
Whether young, old or somewhere in between, the Halloween season means parties, haunted locales and more. Following is what's planned for the Keys.
Posted - Thursday, October 22, 2009 01:52 PM EDT
John Rudolph tickles the ivories on his donated piano. That's not just a cliche -- the instrument has real ivory keys.
John Rudolph was shocked to learn that Marathon High School's state-of-the-art auditorium was without a house piano -- so he decided to donate one.
Posted - Wednesday, October 21, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
Greek Isle Grille owners Freda and Bill Ferns sit at a table in their new restaurant.
A longtime Upper Keys restaurant owner has opened a Greek eatery in the Pink Plaza Shopping Center in Key Largo.
Posted - Friday, October 16, 2009 10:45 AM EDT
The Historical Preservation Society's continues its summer series of local history with a 46-minute 1985 filmed interview of three grandchildren of Aldolphus Pinder, son of Richard and Sarah Pinder, who lived on Indian Key in 1870.
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 11:19 AM EDT
According to legend, the pirate Black Caesar roved Florida’s coastal waters in the early 19th Century. According to organizers of the Key Largo Pirates Festival, Black Caesar will appear again at the festival (as portrayed by an actor, of course).
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 10:22 AM EDT
A group of soldiers floats behind a dive boat, getting comfortable in the water off Key Largo during a 2008 program for 'wounded warriors.' (Reporter file photo)
Upper Keys businesses and residents once again rolled out the welcome mat for wounded Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans coming to the Keys for some diving and relaxation.
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 10:13 AM EDT
The other day I was talking to a friend about Bob. This is how the conversation went:
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 10:12 AM EDT
A marketing image for the upcoming 'Twilight' movie, 'New Moon,' the second in the series.
A teenage vampire movie poster may put people off, but a story of love between an immortal and a human teen girl, which reinforces traditional morals and self-control, has wider appeal.
Posted - Friday, October 09, 2009 10:08 AM EDT
Left to right: Josh Clearman, Key West High physics teacher; Dave Perkins, assistant principal, Key West High; Debra Walker, School Board member; and Michael Zavosky, Florida Department of Education.
A Key West high school alternative energy program is one of five winners in Florida's Governor's Serve to Preserve: Green Schools Awards program.
Posted - Thursday, October 08, 2009 05:05 PM EDT
A deputy's hat rests atop the memorial placed on the roadside at mile marker 62.
Sheriff’s deputies and Florida Highway Patrol Troopers gathered this month at a recently-built roadside memorial for Deputy Nick Pham who died Nov. 26, 2008 in a traffic accident.
Posted - Friday, October 02, 2009 11:27 AM EDT
