PLAQUE HONORS THE LATE MERRICK DUNN’S LOVE FOR BASEBALL
As another Upper Keys Little League season began the evening of Feb. 28, a community gathered at the Harry Harris Park ballfields for a...
JURY CONVICTS MIAMI MAN IN VIOLENT HUMAN SMUGGLING SCHEME FROM CUBA TO KEY LARGO
A federal jury in Miami convicted 32-year-old Victor Rafael Arcia Albeja, of Miami, on Feb. 20 for his role in a violent human smuggling...
WATERFRONT PLAYHOUSE PRESENTS ‘ONCE’ BEGINNING MARCH 5
The Waterfront Playhouse continues its 2025-2026 season with the musical “Once,” opening March 5 with a preview performance on March 4, and running through...
ISLAMORADA MAN ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY THROWING CINDER BLOCK PIECES AT WOMAN
An Islamorada man was arrested after sheriff’s deputies said he threatened to kill a woman.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office was called to North Ocean...
WILDLIFE AGENCIES SEEK PUBLIC INPUT FOR KEY DEER SURVEY
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) are seeking input from those who live, work,...
KEY WEST AUTHOR HAYS BLINCKMANN DELIVERS COMING-OF-AGE STORY WITH ‘TINY LITTLE EARTHQUAKES’
Growing up in the 1980s on a remote horse farm in North Carolina was not easy for 9-year-old Elliot Hase. After her parents’ divorce,...
KEY LARGO HONORS ITS FIRST BLACK FIRE CHIEF
Harry Davis Jr., Key Largo’s first Black fire chief, was a true Conch who was born in 1944 on his father’s pistol range, in...
LOCAL ROBOTICS TEAMS FOR YOUNGSTERS INSPIRE MARATHON INNOVATORS
In a Keys community better known for fishing than circuit boards, two programs are shaping the next generation of innovators.
Ruckus Robotics, operating under the...
JIMMY BUFFETT’S MUSICAL LEGACY TO CONTINUE AT SHRIMP BOAT SOUND
Jimmy Buffett’s former recording studio at the Historic Seaport (officially named the Key West Bight) will continue as a recording studio, and will be...
INSPIRED BY MARATHON’S WILD BIRD CENTER, ANNIKA BALTZERSEN BRINGS AVIAN ADVOCACY TO CAPITOL
A 14-year-old whose visits to Marathon inspired a love for precious bird species in the Sunshine State is now making her voice heard in...
