TURTLE RESCUE: NEST OF MISDIRECTED HATCHLINGS UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF LIGHTING STANDARDS
On July 11, Turtle Hospital and Save-A-Turtle of the Florida Keys staff responded to a recently-hatched loggerhead turtle nest on Sombrero Beach. The sea turtles had hatched...
SPORTS & MORE: NFL QUESTIONS & NOT MANY ANSWERS FROM THE GOLF WORLD
I don’t think I’ve ever experienced a pre-National Football League season with so much controversy and so many questions.
We can start with the New York Jets. Will...
COULD MONROE COUNTY LOSE ITS COURT SYSTEM?
A Republican Florida state legislator has asked the state’s judicial branch to consider consolidating the 20 circuit courts within the state.
While touted by Speaker of the Florida...
THIS WEEKEND: ‘SEUSSICAL JUNIOR’ TAKES THE STAGE AT MARATHON COMMUNITY THEATRE
A host of beloved characters from the mind of Dr. Seuss will come to life on the Marathon Community Theatre stage this weekend as Lynn Ahrens and...
HEAT & MOISTURE BRING AN EARLY ACTIVE MOSQUITO SEASON
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) and the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) are asking residents of the Florida Keys to take action...
100 YEARS OF ARTS PATRON ANNE MCKEE
At 100 years young, Anne McKee still speaks in a clipped accent that betrays her roots in Newfoundland, where she was born in 1923, before the region...
HOT WATER THREATENS FLORIDA KEYS’ CORAL REEF
Sun-baked Keys residents suffering through “feels-like” temperatures well north of 100 degrees, with nearshore waters that feel more like jacuzzis, aren’t the only ones issuing a cry...
IT’S NEVER BEEN THIS HOT IN JULY BEFORE
By Mandy Miles & Jim McCarthy
“Good lord, it’s hot.”
“What the hell? It’s only July. What’s gonna happen in August and September?”
“This is insane.”
Every conversation in the Florida...
BLACK EDUCATORS INITIATIVE SEEKS MORE DIVERSITY AMONG KEYS TEACHERS
Public schools in Monroe County have about 1,500 black students, representing 16% of the overall enrollment, but as of two years ago, there were only eight black...
MEET THE PARTICIPANTS IN THIS YEAR’S BIG KAHUNA FUNDRAISER
July 1 marked the start of Good Health Clinic’s 11th annual Big Kahuna Contest — a three-month competitive event to raise awareness and operating funds for the ...
