40th annual bridge run set for April 17
Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 17. That’s the day of the 40th annual 7 Mile Bridge Run. Two important notes on that: that...
MARATHON COUNCIL TO CONSIDER TAXING DISTRICT, WATERING LAWS
At its next meeting, the Marathon City Council will consider two important topics: the continuation or cancellation of the hospital special taxing district, and...
COUNTY: SOFTWARE WILL FIX PERMIT HANG-UPS
At a BOCC March 31 workshop, Mayor Michelle Coldiron’s announcement at the start of the proceedings gave a hint about the frustrations that staff...
OZBUN, CARLSON NAMED MARATHON HOMECOMING ROYALTY
Two and a half homecoming couples walked onto the field at Marathon High School on April 2. Cecily Ozbun was crowned queen. But the...
MARATHON COMMUNITY — YOUNG AND OLD — REDESIGNING ROTARY PARK
Rotary Park in Marathon is turning 20 next year, just in time for a major upgrade and facelift. The city has $225,000 set aside...
ISLAMORADA AUTHOR FINDS PARADISE AND SUCCESS
Islamorada’s Macy Butler remembers a seventh-grade writing task. While assigned a simple essay by her teacher, Butler wasn’t satisfied with writing just a few...
KEY WEST BANDS TOGETHER TO HELP MUSIC ICON
By Ben Solove
Bill Blue is a Key West musical icon. The blues master moved to the island from Richmond, Virginia in the early ’80s...
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR SAMMY HAGAR CONCERT IN KEY WEST ON MAY 23
The world knows Sammy Hagar as the Red Rocker, the 11-year frontman of Van Halen (after David Lee Roth) and the guy who “can’t...
MHS PERFORMS ‘GREASE’ THIS WEEKEND
“Grease” was a play before it was a blockbuster movie. In fact, at the time that it closed its run on Broadway in 1980,...
NO GMO RELEASES — YET. TRIAL WILL START IN SIX LOCATIONS.
The Keys Weekly Newspapers checked in with the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) to ask for an update on the Oxitec mosquito trial...
