Mike Howie
Mike Howie has been the copy editor at Keys Weekly since January 2017. Before that, he spent 38 years as a reporter and editor for a daily newspaper in Illinois. He has been a teacher at the elementary, secondary and university levels. He can't swim.
MUSIC MAN: A SIT-DOWN WITH MARATHON’S LATE NIGHT LEGEND FREDDIE BYE
For more than 40 years, Freddie Bye has been the soundtrack of late night in Marathon.
He’s worked construction and fished commercially. He’s toured with...
CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY LIFTS THE VEIL ON SHERIFF’S OFFICE OPERATIONS
I shot two people a couple of weeks ago in Marathon. I also ticketed the city manager for speeding, toured the jail on Plantation...
VIDEO GAMES FOR COPS: CRITICAL SIMULATIONS HELP TRAIN MCSO FOR VERY REAL SCENARIOS
By Mike Howie
A young man sits in an empty playground, wearing headphones over the hood of his sweatshirt, his hands in the pocket of...
IN THEIR WORDS: MARATHON’S JOHN BARTUS USES PANDEMIC DOWNTIME TO RECORD ALBUM OF ‘PERSONAL’ SONGS
Spend any time in the Middle Keys and you’ll hear John Bartus singing and playing guitar — or piano. His “Perpetual Island Tour” has...
HOWIE: I GOT THE PUBLIX VACCINE AND IT WAS A BIG MOMENT
I am not a morning person.
But last week, I set my alarm and wandered into the living room in the dark.
5:50 a.m.
The night before,...
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The race for Islamorada Council: Candidates talk public participation in government
Four seats on the Islamorada Village Council are up...
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Baffled by those ballot questions? Here’s a cheat sheet.
Sample ballots that arrived in Monroe County voters’ mailboxes...
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Marine Corps captain dies during Raider training in Key West
Garrett Pearson, a 30-year-old Marine captain and former Virginia...
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School board remembers John Padget, honors outgoing member John Dick
The Oct. 6 meeting of the Monroe County school...
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Join the first Sea Shanty Sing-Along at History of Diving Museum Saturday
Discover the musical traditions of life at sea during...
