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Finalists in the 2023 Hemingway Look-Alike Contest, including, from left, Paul Phillips, Tim Stockwell, Gerrit Marshall, Chris Dutton and Bat Masterson, converse on Saturday, July 22, 2023 in Key West, Fla.

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Bell tolls for Wisconsin man who wins the Ernest Hemingway look-alike contest

12:31am July 24, 2023

by The Associated Press

Gerrit Marshall, a retired television broadcast engineer from Madison, prevailed Saturday night at Sloppy Joe's Bar, a frequent hangout of Ernest Hemingway when he lived in Key West during the 1930s.

Cliff Hartman, sometimes called the unofficial "mayor," sleeps on his boat but keeps a camp on Wisteria island.

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Who Owns Florida's Wisteria Island, A Developer Or The Government? Judge To Decide

10:21am February 06, 2020

by Greg Allen

Just off Key West, undeveloped Wisteria Island — long home to a ragtag community — is at the center of a legal fight. The U.S. government and a Florida developer are fighting over ownership.

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One of many medical vans heads to the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills in south Florida to evacuate patients last week after a power outage.

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Health & Safety

When Irma Arrived, Most Florida Health Care Facilities Were Ready

5:13am September 19, 2017

by Jon Hamilton

Eight deaths at a Florida nursing home got a lot of media attention. But a tour of other health care centers in the Miami area found mostly good care after Hurricane Irma struck.