Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.
KINGS OF ‘CUE: LOCAL SMOKERS SET TO BRING THEIR BEST THIS BREWBQ WEEKEND
If you’re the local king of the smoker, but you can’t talk smack about it … do you even barbecue? This year, the BrewBQ’s...
MARATHON COUNCIL SEES LIGHT WORK WITH BOAT RAMP UPDATES, TURTLE LIGHTING & WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS
The Marathon City Council breezed through its July 11 agenda with an ease befitting the mere 14-day gap since its last meeting.
With June’s regular...
BREWS ‘N’ ‘CUES: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE FLORIDA KEYS BREWBQ
Beer and barbecue lovers, rejoice: Your favorite weekend in the Keys is here.
Friday and Saturday, July 14 and 15 will see the return of...
WHAT ARE THOSE? SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MARATHON’S ROAD MARKINGS
Over the last two weeks, the Weekly has fielded an enormous volume of questions, all asking the same thing: What the heck are those...
92-YEAR-OLD KOREAN WAR VET DOUG HURTUBISE TAKES A VINTAGE FLIGHT
On the morning of June 30 at the Marathon International Airport, 92-year-old Korean War vet Douglas Hurtubise climbed up on the wing and into...
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