COMMUNITY HELPS MARATHON LIBRARY STAFF MOVE INTO NEW BUILDING
“Goodbye Week” at the old Marathon library facility runs through Friday, April 30 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.). The library staff needs help moving books to the...
Keys Children’s Foundation grants $105,000 to children’s shelter
The Keys Children's Foundation recently granted the Florida Keys Children’s Shelter $105,000 to help pay salaries of its residential counselor, assistant residential coordinator and training coordinator positions....
COMMISSIONER DELVES INTO LIBRARY PAYROLL
What began as a request for the Key Largo Library payroll from last year — when the COVID-19 pandemic began — quickly morphed into a bigger question...
ARMY CORPS: HOME ELEVATIONS AND FLOODPROOFING WILL COST $2.6 BILLION
A study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) nears completion as various governments confront coastal storm and flood vulnerability in the Florida Keys.
With recommendations for...
Student of the Week: Isaiah Betterman
The Upper Keys Weekly is proud to partner with Ocean Studies Charter School faculty and staff in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are chosen on...
Freebee Tesla Model X in service in Islamorada
A new Tesla Model X Freebee vehicle is providing residents and visitors with transportation service from upper Plantation Key to Lower Matecumbe Key.
The Freebee Electric Vehicle Ridesharing...
THIS WEEKEND: 2ND ANNUAL JEFF LEONIA REEL & STEEL CLASSIC TO OPEN GROUPER/HOGFISH SEASON
The grouper and hogfish seasons both open this Saturday, May 1. Celebrate the day by joining the 2nd Annual Jeff Leonia Reel & Steel Classic, the only...
COUNTY LOOKS TO LIGHTEN COVID PROTOCOLS FOR SUMMER
A lot can happen in 411 days.
For example, during the April 21 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, emergency management director Shannon Weiner said that Monroe...
SCHOOLS SUPER: SOCIAL DISTANCING ‘HAS BECOME A PROBLEM’
At the April 27 Monroe County School District board meeting, Superintendent Theresa Axford announced that more than 100 Key West High School students have been quarantined in...
THE COLLEGE OF THE FLORIDA KEYS INTRODUCES NEW MASCOT, SHEL THE TUGA
There is a new face — and flippers — on the campus of The College of the Florida Keys: Shel the Tuga.
The college’s new mascot, the Tugas,...
