Vote YES. The bane of big cruise ships is that they are the grand polluters of safe, clean harbors. They also are the master spreaders of CORONA. No one is doing more to send these befouling monsters of the seas out of town for good than my friend Arlo Haskell and his crusaders at Committee […]

In the Key West Citizen, Pru Sowers explains the fast-growing Key West Mom & Pop’s group, writing: Key West Mom & Pop’s is the brainchild of Paul Menta, owner of the Hemingway Rum Company, maker of Papa’s Pilar Rum, and Mark Gambuzza, ( disclaimer : Mark is a good friend of mine) owner-operator of Uva […]

Like thousands of my readers, I have quit watching professional sports: NFL, NBA, and MLB. Also gone from “the daily rotation,” are cable TV, the NYT (Boston Globe, Washington Post included), Google search, and now Amazon! That’s right, no more Amazon for me, and undoubtedly for many of you. After all, what sort of constitutionally-strong […]

Despite cruise lines offering very restrictive plans of virus mitigation to ports of call, coastal towns are making the decision to ban cruise ships from docking in their harbors in 2020. Bar Harbor, Maine is the latest town to say no to big cruise ships. Cruise Industry News reports: Bar Harbor, Maine, has decided it […]

Timothy O’Hara writes in the Keys News: Monroe County plans to reopen to visitors June 1 by suspending the checkpoints on U.S. 1 and State Road 905 and allowing lodging establishments to take guests at 50 percent occupancy, Monroe County government officials said Sunday. Monroe County lodging establishments, like hotels, campgrounds, vacation rentals, and other […]

A brief from Monroe County, Florida’s COVID-19 information site on how Key West’s airport is being run during the pandemic response. Will airports remain open? What’s Monroe County doing to protect our residents? KEY WEST INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Until further notice, all arriving passengers regardless of origination will be screened at Key West International and Marathon […]

A wide array of local celebrities, dignitaries, arts supporters, historians, and economists have teamed up to vote the cruise ships out of Key West permanently. Here is a look at the tragedy of the cruise ship industry on a small natural harbor like Key West. ABC Tourism informs readers: The popularity of Cruise ship holidays is […]

Michelle Marchante and Devoun Cetoute report in the Miami Herald: The latest update from the State Health Office regarding COVID-19. Monroe County is reporting 66 total cases — 60 are residents, 6 are non-residents. Among the 66, 22 are travel-related, 28 are community-acquired, and 16 are currently being investigated. Of the 60 residents, 31 are […]