How some local businesses are coping, and how you can help
As the world stutters and slows down amid coronavirus concerns, people are facing restaurant closures, potential curfews and, at worst, country-wide lockdowns. Still, within...
Kid-friendly online activities, enrichment
In these unprecedented and troubling times, many organizations have stepped up and started thinking outside the box. Zoos, museums, educational institutions and other attractions...
SPRING BREAK EXTENDED
By Jim McCarthy and Mandy Miles
Schools throughout Monroe County extended spring break to an additional week per the Florida Department of Education’s direction on...
KYLIE McDANIEL
The Marathon Weekly is proud to partner with Marathon Middle High School faculty and students in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients are...
MHS junior named Sunshine Scholar
Marathon High School junior Katerina Nikiforova has been selected as Monroe County School District’s Sunshine State Scholar for the 2019-2020 school year. The program,...
Coronavirus: Schools to stay closed an additional week
Per school officials, Monroe County Schools to extend spring break an additional week, March 23-29, per the direction of the Florida Department of Education.
Per...
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...
Windley Key Day Returns March 21
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park is hosting a not-to-miss celebration. On Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the park...
Local adventurer spends lifetime exploring Pitcairn Islands
In 1989, local adventurer and explorer Jack S. Grove accidentally discovered the shipwreck of the vessel Acadia at Ducie Atoll, an uninhabited islet in...
College president responds to labor complaint
The president of the College of the Florida Keys this week denied allegations of retaliation against a pro-union faculty member whose employment contract with...
