BEST OF MARATHON: ANDY SHARF IS MARATHON’S PHILANTHROPIST OF THE YEAR
Typically, at each Best of Marathon ceremony, the Rotary Club and Keys Weekly partner to present special awards to certain individuals and businesses for their contributions to...
COUNTY OPENS EMERGENCY OPS CENTER IN TIME FOR TROPICAL STORM WATCH
Monroe County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) officially opened on Sept. 23 at the west end of the Marathon airport. Later the same day, the $37 million facility...
ROAD ELEVATION PROJECT UNDERWAY ON U.S. 1 IN THE LOWER KEYS
The Florida Department of Transportation is working along U.S. 1 from MM 20.6 to MM 23.1 on Cudjoe Key, from MM 19.4 to MM 19.8 on Upper...
KEYS KID ADVOCATES FOR HELMETS AFTER A BAD BIKE ACCIDENT
The deep scar carved into the right side of 10-year-old Edison Mangel's head serves as a poignant reminder of the severe bicycle injury that could have taken...
RENOWNED SHIPWRECK DIVER & TREASURE HUNTER CARL ‘FIZZ’ FISMER PASSES AWAY
Capt. Carl Edward Fismer III, a local legend affectionately known as "Fizz," passed away on Aug. 21, 2024. He lived for many years in the Florida Keys....
43 MIGRANTS LAND ON SOMBRERO BEACH
Marathon’s Sombrero Beach had some early visitors on the morning of Sept. 17, as U.S. Border Patrol officials announced they had taken 43 Cuban migrants into custody...
BACKERS, DETRACTORS PAINT VASTLY DIFFERENT PICTURES OF AMENDMENT 2’S POWER
For its proponents, Florida’s Right to Hunt and Fish Amendment – also called Amendment 2, on the ballot this November – is a matter of protecting a...
SMALLER CRUISE SHIP TO STAY OVERNIGHT AT MALLORY DOCK
The first regular meeting of Key West's newly assembled city commission saw the approval of regular, overnight visits by a small cruise ship to Mallory Dock —...
KEYS TOURISM AGENCY APPROVES BIG CHANGES TO RESTORE TRUST
Uncomfortable conversations led to unavoidable questions and unprecedented decisions at the Sept. 17 meeting of the Keys tourism agency.
Kara Franker, who was hired as the new president...
COUNTY COMMISSION APPROVES 86 EARLY EVACUATION UNITS FOR TAVERNIER PROJECT
A supermarket and housing project in Tavernier took another step forward as county commissioners said “yes” to handing out early evacuation workforce housing building permits to developers...
