Katie Atkins
Katie Atkins is a western New York native who, when not working, can probably be found on the beach with her nose in a book. Sweets are her weakness (10 fillings this year), along with pizza and her adopted senior cat, Buddy.
Village Council Takes a Step Towards Pedestrian Bridge
For a moment, it seemed like Islamorada Village Council members might scrap plans for a pedestrian bridge at Founders Park and go with a...
Home for Christmas – Marathon resident’s modular arrives
By the time Christmas rolls around, Claudia McEwen will be able to decorate her brand new 76th Street home.
With the exception of the last...
Moving right along – Canal cleanup ahead of schedule; more added...
In the last six weeks, Hurricane Irma marine debris removal throughout the Keys has been ahead of schedule – so ahead of schedule that...
Reeling in the locals – Key Largo staple, The Catch, here...
If there was a Cheers bar in the Florida Keys, it would be The Catch, because let's be real – sometimes you want to...
At a loss
By the calculations of researchers at the University of Florida, Monroe County has lost 3.8 percent of its full-time residents in the last year,...
State’s 1,300 units issue sticky for BOCC
The tangled affordable housing web just got more tangled.
Monroe County commissioners were admittedly perplexed at their meeting in Key Largo on Sept. 19 about...
Dolphins to Dolphins – NFL foundation makes huge donation to MHS
It wasn’t an average Wednesday for Marathon High School footballers, who received new shoes, attire and gear from the Miami Dolphins organization. Twan Russell...
Islamorada hires planning trio, including new director
“Don’t screw it up,” joked Islamorada’s interim Planning Director Joe Corradino, who was literally on his way out the door Friday and held it...
Key by the Sea canal finished, more in the works
“The future is not bleak,” said Marathon City Manager Chuck Lindsey at Tuesday’s City Council meeting in an update about Hurricane Irma recovery and...
First Quarry apartments could be ready next summer
When some tenants are given their keys to The Quarry Apartments on Big Coppitt Key a year from now, their new homes will be...