Governor’s spending plan includes critical Keys dollars
A budget proposal unveiled by Gov. Ron DeSantis last week showed $4.3 billion more in spending, with $2.6 billion accounting for costs of the...
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RUN WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH, FOR RUNNERS REGISTERED LAST YEAR
There’s a sense in the Keys that things are returning to normal, finally: the 7 Mile Bridge Run will take place in 2021. Organizers...
Upper Keys Rotary Club goes virtual to replace Gigantic Nautical Flea Market
It’s arguably the largest event in the Keys with some 300 vendors, thousands of shoppers and nearly a quarter-million dollars raised at Islamorada’s Founders...
VILLAGE LETTER URGES GOVERNOR, FDOT TO HALT BRIDGE PROJECT
A letter sent recently by the Islamorada mayor is urging the Florida governor and the state transportation department to cancel construction of a multi-million-dollar...
NEW MARATHON BUSINESS CASTS A FLY
For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call it a fly shop. But it also retails clothing and coolers and is a guide clearing house, fishing travel...
KEY WEST WORKERS CAN’T AFFORD KEY WEST RENTS — NOW WHAT?
Key West workers need to earn $33 an hour to afford Key West rents, said Anne Ray of the University of Miami’s Shimberg Center...
THIS FLORIDA KEYS MAYOR NEVER THOUGHT HE WOULD RUN FOR OFFICE
Islamorada native Buddy Pinder didn’t think a run for political office was in his future, let alone sitting center on the dais.
“My father was...
KEY WEST MAKES IT ILLEGAL TO FEED ROAMING CHICKENS
Key West’s unofficial mascots are messy, especially in areas where well-intentioned residents feed them regularly. But the island’s resident chicken population will now have...
KEY WEST’S TROPIC CINEMA TO SCREEN SUNDANCE FILMS
Tropic Cinema is bringing Sundance to Key West.
The world-famous film festival typically takes over the ski town of Park City, Utah for the last...
MORE VACCINES ROLL INTO KEYS
COVID-19 vaccines are trickling into Monroe County, as Publix pharmacies in Islamorada and Key West prepare to administer another round to residents this week.
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