Dive instructor prepares youths for success with scuba
Daniel Blezio uses scuba diving to give local youths a path forward. Through a scholarship by Neptune Scuba Ventures, Blezio’s Key Largo-based company, the master scuba diver...
Learn about how to travel to Cuba at Marathon Library talk
We all know that Cuba is just a hop, skip, and 90 miles off the Southernmost Point in Key West. But, what most of us don’t know...
Corey Malcom discusses underwater archeology of the slave trade
Corey Malcom, director of archeology at the Mel Fisher Maritime Museum in Key West, spoke to a packed house at the History of Diving Museum’s December “Immerse...
Fire school seeks to keep locals
Monday through Friday, about a dozen Marathon High School students are at their desks at Fire Station No. 14 by 7:30 a.m. On some days, it’s classroom...
Study: dolphins live just as long, or longer, in captivity
By Sarah Mandile
Two bottlenose dolphins glide underwater as they approach two buttons located on the edge of their enclosure. After simultaneously pushing them, a celebratory buzzer sounds....
THE NEW LIBRARIAN Lorena Diaz takes the reins of Marathon’s public library
Talk about the perfect person at the perfect time: Marathon’s new librarian, Lorena Diaz, has stepped up to fill the role at the same time the city’s...
What recent great white sightings in the Keys mean
April and May have been big months for big sharks in the Keys. In mid-April, a fisherman named Carter Bates posted a video online of a white...
SWIM SURVIVAL
Parents bring their very young children — six months and up — to the pool four days a week for 10 minutes, for up to six weeks....
Island Christian School Fights to Survive
Dropping enrollment numbers have Island Christian School’s viability in jeopardy, but a last-minute effort is underway to keep the facility open and running past the 2018-19 school...
