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Residents target windstorm issues
Key West Citizen
KEY WEST — A pair of Key West residents have launched a grassroots movement to fight wind insurance rate hikes, huge deductibles and claim delays. They found that if slogging through Hurricane Wilma wasn't bad enough, the aftermath is even worse. Insurance adjusters have walked off the job...

Abandoned cars may soon be history
Key West Citizen
KEY WEST — The city and local tow truck operators reached a tentative agreement Wednesday over removing abandoned vehicles, resolving an issue that has irritated Key West residents and business owners for more than two years. In the past, tow truck operators have refused to take abandoned...


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Drinking man removed from area of kids' club
Key West Citizen
CITIZEN STAFF KEY WEST — As police responded to a trespasser at The Girls & Boys Club Tuesday afternoon, they saw a man who was walking away throw a beer into the bushes. The suspect, whose gave his address as "the streets of Key West," was arrested for violation of the open container ordinance and put in the patrol car while officers spoke to the manager of the club. The manager explained that over the past few days there was a problem with the man refusing to leave the area, finally prompting the call to police. The man began yelling at the manager from inside the patrol car, threatening him in front of several children that were in the area. The man was additionally charged with trespassing. According to police reports, en route to the jail, the man told the officer that as soon as he gets out of jail, he would hurt him, his family and damage his property. When they arrived at...


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Birds helping to repair sea grasses

In 1990, research biologist Jud Kenworthy noticed something interesting around the plastic stakes he and his colleagues had stuck in the mud of Florida Bay to demark an area for studying wading birds. "Birds were roosting on them and defecating in the water. We noticed that was enhancing the growth of the sea grasses," Kenworthy recalls. Kenworthy, who works at the NOAA laboratory in Beaufort,...

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Key West Citizen
BY PAUL DEHNER JR. Assistant Sports Editor KEY WEST — Apparently winning an 11th state championship attracts opponents. The Key West High School baseball team saw an onslaught of schools requesting to play the Conchs this season, nearly all of which wanted to travel to the island. That allowed Key West to be selective and take on the most challenging regular-season schedule possible. The...

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