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Sunday, December 9th, 2012

Co-existing with the crocodile

Just recently, officials removed an 11-foot crocodile from Key Largo. And last week, Marathon resident Jim Tashijan called The Weekly to report seeing two different crocodiles in the Sombrero Beach neighborhood over a period of three days between Nov. 30 and Dec. 2. “One was about six feet long and another looked a little smaller,

Saturday, October 27th, 2012

Fancy ball raises close to $25,000 for animal shelter

Last weekend, the Middle Keys raised almost $25,000 for S.H.A.R.K.  – the Safe Harbor Animal Shelter of the Keys. “I think it went really well,” said S.H.A.R.K.’s Katie Bentley. “This is one of our major fundraisers of...

Sunday, October 21st, 2012

Red Elvises revisit the Keys

Late October in the Keys is fabulous for many reasons, including the fact that the Red Evlises are blasting through the islands again on a musical tour. The group starts out in the Middle Keys and plays...

Saturday, September 29th, 2012

Park gets big check, celebrates environment

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...

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Challenge Coin sales to help construct firefighter monument – Marathon Fire Rescue commemorate fallen comrades

  The trek to New York City was documented on Facebook like a highly publicized intel-gathering mission. Earlier this year, Assistant Fire Marshall Adam Geneas and Captain Eric Dunford left the Florida Keys towing a flatbread trailer...

Monday, September 10th, 2012

A historic feat, for history’s sake – Herlth continues open water swims to Keys lighthouses

  Larry Herlth surmised that the average tourist traversing the 7 Mile Bridge bound for Key West would likely be hard-pressed to notice the historic iron structure anchored proudly just five miles out into the ocean. “If...

Saturday, September 1st, 2012

FIRM seeks Middle Keys’ data – Group continues to battle Citizens Property Insurance

As political battles wage in Tallahassee during a pivotal election year, a handful of folks in Monroe County continue to battle the state’s “insurer of last resort” and Gov. Rick Scott’s mandate to depopulate. FIRM Executive Director...

Saturday, September 1st, 2012

Lazy Lizard, Krazy Larry’s going out of business

The flowing skirts, hand-painted t-shirts, children’s books, lotions, hats, bags, jewelry, artwork and furniture will begin flying out of the stores this weekend a familiar Middle Keys retailer bids farewell after four decades in business. What began...

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