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Wednesday, December 22, 2010
20 YEARS AGO
The courtroom at the Monroe County Courthouse Annex was filled with people protesting the state's plan to create a marine reserve.
Thirty-five sheriff's deputies busted eight suspected crack houses and arrested nine people in a series of raids on Stock Island.
An underage driver led Monroe County deputies on a high-speed chase that ended when she ran into a tree on Stock Island.
50 YEARS AGO
The Key West City Commission voted to delay for two weeks the passage of the $1.35 million bond for the city's capital improvement program.
Postmaster Clyde Stickney reported that parcel post and letters were up by 7 percent over the previous year.
The building on Front Street used by the American Red Cross during World War II was leased to the Key West Art Center for $1 per year.
100 YEARS AGO
W.J. Gardner was chief of police of Key West. The sergeant was C.F. Albury, with patrolmen John Pent, Edward Albury, J.J. Kirschenbaum, R.T. Hicks, James Hopkins, J.E. Thompson, J.N. Bissell, W.A. Fagan, John Cash, C. Elwood and Leroy Shehee.
