Gwen Filosa

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A Florida Keys deputy was charged with felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon early Wednesday, after police said he went after a couple that intervened on behalf of a woman they saw him pushing. Nicholas Joseph Galbo, 42, who was hired by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office on Jan. 7, 2020, “brandished a knife during an altercation on Wednesday in Key West,” the sheriff’s office said.

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Gwen Filosa Media Key WestPulitzer Prize-winning journalist in Key West, Florida, offering an insider's look into local news, culture and assorted shenanigans.

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In Key West, people riding bikes to work have become targets of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown, according to eyewitness accounts, videos and the island’s leading immigration attorney. “It’s actually happening,” attorney Amanda Velazquez told me Thursday. “I had one this morning. It’s a routine thing.”Even with all the legal paperwork in place — a valid driver’s license and an asylum hearing on the calendar set for a couple years from now — her client was still taken into custody.

Aug 1, 2024 | keysweekly.com | Gwen Filosa |Gwen was

The board of the Monroe County Tourist Development Council voted on July 30 to hire Kara Franker, a destination marketing executive and attorney who has previously worked in South Florida, to take the helm of the Keys multimillion-dollar tourism agency as its first president/CEO. A county-appointed committee unanimously chose Franker from four finalists left standing, after the job search began months earlier, at a July 26 meeting. Both sides still need to negotiate a few contract terms.

Jul 30, 2024 | keysweekly.com | Gwen Filosa |Gwen was

The Monroe County Tourist Development Council Board on Tuesday voted to hire Kara Franker, a destination marketing executive and attorney who has worked in South Florida previously, to take the helm of the Keys multimillion-dollar tourism agency as the first president/CEO. A county-appointed committee unanimously chose Franker from the four finalists left standing after the job search began months earlier, at a July 26 meeting.