1966 – J.B. Sawyer and Melvin Hanks, newspaper carriers for the Key West Citizen, were chosen to attend the “Newspaperboy of the Year” awards banquet in Silver Spring, MD, where the nation’s top paperboys would be recognized.
2019 – A large majority – 69% – of Key West voters said “Yes” to the city’s purchase of the Key West Citizen building on Northside Drive. The city hoped to house its Community Services department there.
1994 – Former Key West Mayor Richard Heyman died at age 59, after a long struggle with AIDS. Heyman, who served two terms from 1983- 85 and 1987-89, was the nation’s first openly gay mayor.
