TDC BOARD STICKS UP FOR AGENCY’S DIRECTOR AFTER ANOTHER SCATHING AUDIT
After the Monroe County Clerk’s Office rained criticism down on the financial practices of the Florida Keys’ tourism marketing agency – the Tourist Development Council (TDC) –...
TORNADO MOVES ACROSS CUDJOE KEY ON SUNDAY, LEAVING DAMAGED HOMES
A tornado damaged a home on Cudjoe Key on Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. CONTRIBUTED
NEW AUDIT RIPS NEWMANPR & TDC; STATE ATTORNEY STILL INVESTIGATING
In 2023, Monroe County’s public relations agency of record, NewmanPR, collected more than $1.9 million from Monroe County. That total comes from an annual fee of $733,688,...
CHRIS MASSICOTTE RUNS FOR COUNTY COMMISSION AGAINST JIM SCHOLL
There’s some new competition for a seat on the Monroe County Board of Commissioners (BOCC).
Chris Massicotte, a Democrat with a background in accounting and political campaign advertising,...
MONROE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROMAN GASTESI TO LEAVE TOP COUNTY POST FEB. 23
Roman Gastesi, the Monroe County Administrator for 15 years, announced on Feb. 8 that he will retire at 5 p.m. Feb. 23, earlier than county officials had...
BREAKING: KEY COLONY BEACH COMMISSIONER BETH RAMSAY-VICKREY RESIGNS
Citing an impending move to Marathon that would make her ineligible to serve on the city commission, Key Colony Beach City Commissioner Beth Ramsay-Vickrey announced her resignation...
WIND GAMES BRING KITEBOARDERS & WING FOILERS TO ISLAMORADA THIS WEEKEND
Kiteboarders and wing foilers from around the world will blow into Islamorada for the Wind Games, set for Friday-Sunday, Feb. 9-11 on the Atlantic Ocean beach at...
SCHOOL DISTRICT SEEKS STATE FUNDS TO MOVE DISTRICT HEADQUARTERS
Monroe County Schools Superintendent Theresa Axford and school board member Andy Griffiths joined the Monroe delegation to celebrate Florida Keys Day in Tallahassee last week. In addition...
MONICA HASKELL RUNS TO SUCCEED JIMMY WEEKLEY AS DISTRICT 1 CITY COMMISSIONER
Monica Haskell, who has held positions in Keys government since the 1990s and co-founded the first charter school in Monroe County, filed paperwork on Jan. 26 to...
KEY WEST MAYOR WON’T SEEK REELECTION; COMMISSIONER KAUFMAN TO CHALLENGE DEE DEE HENRIQUEZ
By Mandy Miles & Gwen Filosa
The Key West mayor last week answered a question that had been on the island’s collective mind — will she run for...
