Article: Chickens high on pecking order: Town's decision to protect the birds ruffling feathers

Article: Charting Key West
The Out Traveler;  July 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......the end of the glorious Overseas Highway KEY WEST, FIa., is an attitude, a watcrcolor, a...made their fortunes selling the salvage. Key West has always been able to change misfortune...gays and lesbians. Most people think of Key West as the end of the road, the place where...

Article: The crazy cacophony of compact Key West
Chicago Sun-Times;  December 17, 1989 ;     700+ words ...KEY WEST, Fla. This is an island of contradictions...in the brutal mid-day sun. On one hand, Key West seems like a tawdry and tinsel-clad Florida...another dollar, they've figured it out in Key West. It's the sort of place that can make the...

Article: An insider's guide to Key West: few cities in the southern latitudes offer as much fun and variety.(includes marinas, restaurants and travel attractions listings)(Column)
Yachting;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Over the years, I have visited Key West more times than I can remember. Still...a lifetime to complete the experience. Key West is a unique destination. Its Old Town...busy world. In terms of U.S. geography, Key West is at the end of the line--the last stop...

Article: Is Key West going to the birds? The chicken reigns in Margaritaville
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  June 1, 1999 ;     465 words ...The Associated Press KEY WEST, Fla. -- It may mean drumsticks...is the national bird of Key West -- the chicken," the guide...some residents squawking. "Naughty chickens of town, I call them," said...It's part of the charm of Key West," said Sarah Clemens, a...officer and ...

Article: Get a tropical shirt and drink a mojito; Live the Key West life with the sun and the sand
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ...KEY WEST, Fla. - The woman sitting in the front...thumbing through "Quit Your Job and Move to Key West." The book advertises itself as the complete...American Eagle all fly regional planes into Key West International Airport. But there can be...

Article: Key West, Fla., Rethinks Increase in Cruises.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  January 7, 2003 ;     700+ words ......Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Jan. 7--KEY WEST, Fla. -- The view these days from the patio of Key West's famed Rooftop Cafe includes multilayered...that tower like giant wedding cakes over Key West's historic waterfront. In recent years...

Article: Pecking order In Key West, the chicken came first, then the ordinance
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  June 3, 1999 ;     459 words ......is the national bird of Key West the chicken," the guide...some residents squawking. "Naughty chickens of town, I call them...s part of the charm of Key West," said Sarah Clemens, a...officer and a resident of Key West for 39 years, said the...Conchs as the residents of ...

Article: Kansas' Key West a December hot spot
The Topeka Capital-Journal;  December 9, 2001 ;     341 words ......photograph by Matt Moline Special to The Capital-Journal KEY WEST --- Another Key West Christmas season: balmy breezes, blue skies and...Gulf of Mexico is 1,000 miles to the south. This Key West is located on the Kansas prairie, a downhome Coffey...

Article: Fighting over Papa Family, Key West battle over Hemingway legacy
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 13, 1997 ;     648 words ......than-life legend and its deep ties to Key West. This spring, a 16-year-old Hemingway...court. The current owners of Hemingway's Key West house, who have run the home as a tourist...two Hemingway Festivals this summer. The Key West celebration is now back on, to be hosted...

Article: It's like you've died and gone to Key West
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  September 7, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Locals joke that the Key West Cemetery is in the "dead center" of...The cemetery, just four blocks from Key West's main drag, Duval Street, is worth...forest, when a hurricane swept through Key West in 1846. The current one was opened...

Article: The Insider's Key West: How to Conch Out With the Best of Them
The Washington Post;  April 23, 1995 ;     700+ words ...My family sets a lot of store by Key West. Our most glamorous member, my great aunt...Lawrence, Dos Passos and Hemingway. She lived in Key West until the 1960s, and her nephews relished their Key West visits, where they gathered with the worldly...

Article: Prices of Boat Slips in Key West, Fla., Can Make You Positively Seasick.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News;  November 18, 2002 ;     700+ words ......Ridder/Tribune Business News Nov. 18--KEY WEST, Fla.--They are selling for the same price...Marina at the east end of incorporated Key West. The slip comes with use of two fuel docks...but you have to cross a bridge and leave Key West proper to get there by car. Key ...

Article: Key West brewer aims to tap into Florida.(Food)
The Boston Herald;  February 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ...KEY WEST, Fla. - It's the dead of winter and Bill...America's southernmost city. The president of Key West Brewery has done little more than order...mingles with the Gulf of Mexico. He looks at Key West, a narrow strip of coral and mangrove at...

Article: Key West Phantasmagoria
Solares Hill;  March 28, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Two new novels put the spotlight on Key West 'Cayo Hueso/Cuba Libre" is a political thriller by former Key West reporter and associate editor Michael...the Wind" is a mystery novel by former Key West business editor and publicist Michael...