Seafood & Scholarships
Proceeds from the Marathon Seafood Festival serve a very important purpose — funding scholarships for local kids. Both the Marathon Chamber of Commerce and the Marathon chapter...
TVM students head to National Spelling Bee regional in Miami
“Say the word, then spell it, then say it again.”
Zachary Woltanski, 14, and Gabby Gutierrez, 11, are the only students from Monroe County moving on to the...
Famed NatGeo explorer to talk in Islamorada
Mireya Mayor has led an unconventional life — even for a National Geographic explorer — and she wants to tell people all about it.
Her story includes a...
Restoring the Keys flats fisheries
BY: WHITNEY WEMETT
Dr. Ross Boucek, Florida Keys initiative manager of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust (BTT), joined a group of local fishermen and community members at the...
History buff explores how land and resources created this country
Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines “land of opportunity” as a place where people have many chances to succeed, achieve things, etc. And while it doesn’t outright list the United...
Marathon girls install a device to save pelicans
Mia Triosi, 18, and Ria Rodriguez, 17, knocked a recent class project right out of the water. Or into the water. One of those.
Craig Titus of the...
Waypoint Foundation fundraising to bring mobile dental clinic to the Keys
Clarice Yentsch and Wally Smith are on a mission to create healthy smiles in the Keys. They’re fundraising to get a mobile dental clinic — essentially a...
Key West teen chosen to attend State of the Union to talk about environment
Marsella Munoz is not your typical 16-year-old at Key West High School. While she spends some of her time studying, reading, hanging out with friends and volunteering...
Responses to the Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease
BY: WHITNEY WEMETT
Ana Zangroniz, Miami-Dade County Extension Agent at UF/IFIS Sea Grant Extension, joined Coral Restoration Foundation for its December “Sips and Science” lecture. The dynamic scientist...
Sheriff’s office donates $100,000 to college
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay presented College of the Florida Keys President Jonathan Gueverra with a check for $100,000 last week. The donation will help fund the...
