NEW ISLAND MUSIC SCHOOL COMES TO THE UPPER KEYS
Local musician and Monroe County firefighter Luke Ptomey has big plans for Island Music School, which he and his wife, Melissa, are launching this August.
The school will...
UPPER KEYS NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: RYAN WILL
No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community members who deserve...
GRAMMY WINNER & FASHION DESIGNER ASSIST WITH A FUR IN FASHION PSA
Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” We had some celebrity visitors stop by a few weeks ago.
I wanted to wait to report...
CANADA TO THE KEYS: A HIKE ON THE EASTERN CONTINENTAL TRAIL BRINGS A UNIQUE...
I took my backpack off to rest on the steep, rock-strewn incline toward Wildcat D Peak in the White Mountains of New Hampshire to talk with my...
MEET A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY YOUNG EXPLORER WITH AN INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM FOR NATURE
Gabriela Tejeda drove down a cypress-lined side road in Everglades National Park. The newly minted National Geographic Society 2023 Young Explorer was on one of her regular...
UPPER KEYS NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: ROSA LAMELA
No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community members who deserve...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
