Monroe County News
COUNTY: ONLY 2 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING PERMITS LEFT IN THE KEYS
Can you say “affordable housing crisis”?
There are only two affordable housing building permits, a.k.a. ROGOs, left to be allocated in the entire Florida Keys. Most of the workforce housing...
Monroe County News
CODE COMPLAINTS: WILL ENDING ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS PREVENT TIME-WASTING TIT-FOR-TAT FIGHTS?
Anonymous complaints to a local code compliance department from one neighbor to another, tit for tat, almost seem like an unavoidable American way of life. Kind of like apple...
Community News
UPPER KEYS ELKS THROWING ‘NEW YEAR’S IN JULY’ BENEFIT FOR CHILDREN’S THERAPY SERVICES
Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872 knows how to celebrate for a good cause. After all, almost every night, an Elks member stands outside and blows on a conch shell...
Upper Keys News
$5.4 M NEEDED FOR FLOODED KEY LARGO NEIGHBORHOOD – HOUSE & SENATE TO VOTE
In September 2020, Carlos Gimenez was running for Congress when he visited the flooded Twin Lakes neighborhood in Key Largo with his wife, Lourdes, at the invitation of neighborhood...
Upper Keys News
ANTICIPATED ROWELL’S WATERFRONT PARK BREAKS GROUND NEXT MONTH FOR $1.4M PROJECT IN KEY LARGO
Yes, you’re reading this right, and no, you don’t have to rub your eyes: construction at Rowell’s Waterfront Park is beginning in the next month, according to Kevin Wilson,...
Community News
‘THE SUPPORT HAS BEEN HUMBLING’: GOOD SAMARITANS DROPPED OFF HUGE CHECKS AT KEYS CANCER FUNDRAISER
Tavernier couple Kathy and Ben Elmore have been floored by the reaction of the Keys community to her cancer diagnosis. At the packed July 10 day-long fundraiser that was...