Island Boat Show helps Launch graduates’ dreams
Island Community Church recently awarded $50,000 in college scholarships to deserving students in the Middle and Upper Keys. The scholarships are funded by proceeds...
Longtime Sheriff’s Office lieutenant promoted
Sheriff Rick Ramsay recently promoted Lt. Alberto “Al” Ramirez to the rank of captain on June 2 before a standing room only crowd at...
KEYS BFFs ARE ORGANIZING A SWIM CAMP FOR YOUTH WITH DISABILITIES
Tana Carson and Tiffany Zepeda, best friends since age 2, are on a mission: They want to bring the joy of being in the...
PAN AM REUNION PARTIES LIKE IT’S 1927 – CELEBRATING MEMORIES FROM THEIR BIRTH IN...
One could hear the Pan Am reunion party on June 9 at Tavernier’s Atlantic Bay Resort before seeing it: the thrum of a disco...
VILLAGE ATTORNEY RECOGNIZED FOR PROTECTING HOME RULE
Legislative session in Tallahassee brought various attempts to preempt local decision making on several fronts. With help from the Florida League of Cities and...
TEEN MOTOCROSS CHAMPION ‘PROUD TO BE CUBAN AND PROUD TO BE FROM MARATHON’
Shortly before the Loretta Lynn’s Amateur National Motocross Championship regional qualifier in the spring, 16-year-old competitor Ivan Aldama Jr. crashed his bike and suffered...
KEY WEST CHARITY COOKS WITH LOVE, DELIVERS 200 MEALS A WEEK
“Is it Saturday already?”“Just a minute; I’m looking for my glasses.”“Oh my, I can’t eat this much. Could someone else use it?”“I’ll see you...
LITTLE GIRL’S MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE REMAINS A FLORIDA KEYS MYSTERY
Seeking: 22-year-old United Kingdom woman named Olivia Brooks, who vacationed in Marathon in September of 2003 as a little 4-year-old girl. That’s the mystery...
Bay nonprofit operating out of Green Turtle Hammock
Islamorada-based nonprofit Florida Bay Forever Save Our Waters has found a new home at the Green Turtle Hammock Nature Preserve. Located in the heart...
Marathon local paddles every year for a cancer cure
Many years, she’s the only woman on this team of intrepid paddlers that tackle a 160-mile, 7-day adventure that spans the waters from Key...
