Tag: Islamorada
Songwriter, guitarist Dan Bern returns to Islamorada
Dan Bern, a prolific songwriter and outstanding performer, with a dozen albums, will appear at the ICE Amphitheater in Islamorada Founders Park, MM 87. The event will...
Community plans fundraiser for young man
Two days after he turned 19 years old, Mikey Vaughan lost 100 percent of his vision. Already blind in one eye after an athletic accident in his...
Locals turn out for unique swim race – Team put together by local finish...
Sarah Maschal, coach of Marathon High School’s swim team, finished 11th overall with a time of 5 hours, 39 minutes. She was the sixth female solo finisher. Her kayaker, Caitlin Lustic, snapped this picture at the base of the lighthouse, halfway through the race.
The worm hatch was less than spectacular this year
A lot has happened in the flats fishing world – on and off the water – in recent weeks. The heavily anticipated palolo worm hatch was mostly...
Key West runner returns safely from Boston
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...
Artist finishes lighthouse replicas for city signage
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...
Tiki Takes Leon Tourney
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...
Ramsay Rodeo – Sheriff ride nets a cool grand
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...
Red Hot Reef Action
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...
Cities consider ‘optional’ tax break but state proposed homestead exemption for seniors already in...
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...