Saturday, April 27th, 2013
Key West runner Roy Coley had already finished the Boston Marathon and was two blocks away when two blasts rocked the finish line. “The surreal part for me was that my daughter, Amy, had been standing in front of the Lennox Hotel where one of the bombs went off. That’s where she was,” said Coley,
Sunday, March 24th, 2013
Larry “Lighthouse Larry” Herlth is seriously into lighthouses. But not in the tiny-wooden-replica-that-sits-on-the-shelf kind of way. He’s into macho-thousand-pound-weld-it-out-of-steel kind of way. The Islamorada resident’s interest in the structures started out small, he said, but quickly blossomed...
Thursday, March 14th, 2013
Anglers from as far as Iowa across the state competed in the Annual 15th Leon Shell Memorial Sailfish Tournament, raising $12,000 for Hospice and VNA of the Florida Keys. Over the past fifteen years the tournament has...
Friday, March 8th, 2013
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay raised more than $1,000 with a 30-second mechanical bullride this past weekend during Pig Days at the Stuffed Pig Fairgrounds. Thanks to generous donations from the community including a serious gift from...
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
Conditions in the Middle Florida Keys were quite windy over the past few days, but that didn’t stop us from getting on the water and catching quality fish. Due to the choppy conditions most of our efforts...
Wednesday, February 6th, 2013
On the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot there were four questions put to the voters regarding property taxes. Two were constitutional amendments approved by the majority and automatically became state law. Those exempted veterans injured in combat and...
Friday, February 1st, 2013
The Wacky Sports Challenge staged at Coconut Cove Resort in Islamorada last weekend was a complete blast. Eleven teams took part in the challenge to raise money for the National Kidney Foundation. Organizer Fran Glick said she...
Saturday, September 29th, 2012
The staff and volunteers at Curry Hammock State Park have two reasons to celebrate: it’s the end of another successful Birding Festival and the park recently received a giant $25,000 check from Coca Cola. The funds were...
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