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Family, community mourn loss of an icon

But as matriarch of a Key West family whose grocery stores were less of a place to shop than a piece of the city’s fabric, she made a strong mark on the lives of people she touched.

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FKOC won’t give city more time

This breakup is for real. Florida Keys Outreach Coalition for the Homeless (FKOC) has declined the city’s request to reconsider its decision to quit managing the island’s sole overnight homeless..

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Overnight homeless center’s management handed off

Despite a request from Key West officials for more time, the Florida Keys Outreach Coalition plans to turn management of an overnight homeless shelter back over to the city.

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Residents opine on homelessness

Compassion versus tough love.

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Street upgrade ideas sought

Residents of Caroline Street — and Key West as a whole — can have their say on how the city spends dedicated tax money to beautify or improve portions of the thoroughfare at an Old City Hall meeting Tuesday.

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Church to hold forum on homelessness

The community forum, quickly organized for 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 801 Georgia St., is in response to the recent spate of political and legal dust-ups over how the city serves and protects the hundreds of men and women who lay their heads on a shelter bed or the streets

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Candidates square off at forum

Key West mayoral and commission candidates are far from enthusiastic about a study of whether the city’s ship channel should be widened to accommodate larger cruise ships.

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IHG Furthers Its Reach in Brazil with Signing of Holiday Inn Express Rio Branco

MIAMI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), (LON:IHG) (NYSE:IHG) (ADRs), the largest hotel company both in Latin America and the world by number of rooms, today announced the signing of the Holiday Inn Express in the city of Rio Branco, Brazil. The new-build property is slated to open in November 2013

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Businesses welcome Eaton Street repaving

That was the sentiment among most Eaton Street business owners and operators when asked about the city of Key West’s repaving project, set to begin Monday, which will result in new pavement from White to Simonton streets.

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New Mobile App for Patients with Multiple Sclerosis and Diabetes

COOPER CITY, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Using the cloud to build personal medical mobile apps for patients with multiple sclerosis, diabetes and other conditions requiring frequent injections.

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