MARATHON COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TAXING DISTRICT, WATERING LAWS
At its next meeting, the Marathon City Council will consider two important topics: the continuation or cancellation of the hospital special taxing district, and...
COUNTY: SOFTWARE WILL FIX PERMIT HANG-UPS
At a BOCC March 31 workshop, Mayor Michelle Coldiron’s announcement at the start of the proceedings gave a hint about the frustrations that staff...
UPPER KEYS WEEKLY’S STUDENT OF THE WEEK
The Upper Keys Weekly is proud to partner with Coral Shores’ faculty and staff in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are chosen...
TWO SOCCER PLAYERS FROM MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL HEADED TO NEW YORK
“You think the weather is cold today, it isn’t. Wait until you get to New York,” said Marathon High School athletic director Lance Martin...
OZBUN, CARLSON NAMED MARATHON HOMECOMING ROYALTY
Two and a half homecoming couples walked onto the field at Marathon High School on April 2. Cecily Ozbun was crowned queen. But the...
ISLAMORADA AUTHOR FINDS PARADISE AND SUCCESS
Islamorada’s Macy Butler remembers a seventh-grade writing task. While assigned a simple essay by her teacher, Butler wasn’t satisfied with writing just a few...
OPINION: ORAL HEALTH, EXERCISE AND SLEEP ARE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS TO AGING
Is it possible to get older without aging? Many newspaper articles have been written about a book recently published by aging-research scientist Andrew Steele....
obituary: John Vincent Kornetti
Jan. 20, 1965 - March 8, 2021
John Vincent Kornetti of Marathon Florida, age 56, passed away in his sleep from a heart condition on...
Baptist Health opens vaccine appointments in Islamorada
Baptist Health South Florida is opening up Covid-19 vaccine appointments to individuals 18 and over during a clinic set for next week at Island...
Vaccines trickle into community health organizations
By Jim McCarthy, Sara Matthis and Mandy Miles
Between mass vaccine clinics and pharmacies coming on line, a little more than 25,700 Covid-19 shots have...
