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COUNTY COLLECTS 435 POUNDS OF PEANUT BUTTER FOR PANTRIES

Brynn Morey, Monroe County Extension coordinator, displays some of the collected donations after UF/IFAS Extension Monroe County recently participated in a statewide Peanut Butter...

RACE ON ISLAMORADA’S OLD HIGHWAY RETURNS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN TWO YEARS

2022 was the last time runners and walkers took to the starting line for a 5k on the Old Highway in Islamorada. Two years...
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HABITUAL OFFENDER IN KEY WEST SENTENCED TO 30 YEARS PRISON

The Monroe County state attorney’s office on Oct. 31 announced the conviction and sentencing of Brian Keith Barroso, a career criminal, on two counts...
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EUBANK & SENMARTIN SELECTED AS MONROE COUNTY PRESIDENTIAL SCHOLAR NOMINEES

Marathon High School’s Elena Eubank and Giovanni Senmartin were recently selected to represent Monroe County in the United States Presidential Scholars program. Eubank was...
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TDC HIRES NEW VP OF MARKETING/COMMUNICATIONS

Heidi Barfels, a veteran tourism marketing executive, is the new vice president of marketing and communications for Visit Florida Keys, the Monroe County Tourist...
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KEYS TOURISM AGENCY CANCELS WEBSITE CONTRACT; AUDIT STATES IT WAS ‘SIGNIFICANTLY OVERPAYING’ FOR DIGITAL...

Florida Keys tourism officials acknowledged this week that contracts negotiated 30 years ago haven’t aged well for the local Tourist Development Council (TDC) —...
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COULD THE KEYS SEE MORE TURN LANES ON U.S. 1?

More turn lanes could be on the way for sections of U.S. 1 seeing congestion with traffic slowed to less than ideal speeds.  In the...
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FINAL ROGO/BPAS SURVEY TACKLES NUMBERS, DISTRIBUTION OF NEW UNITS

The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) is seeking public participation regarding the state-mandated hurricane evacuation modeling discussions that will continue through January...
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MONROE COUNTY FIRE RESCUE MARKS TWO YEARS OF DRUG PROCESS OVERHAULS

While gaps in oversight and monitoring protocols may have enabled the alleged theft of narcotics from Monroe County’s Trauma Star air ambulance program by...
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COMMUNITY GROUP FILES SECOND PETITION AGAINST TAVERNIER PUBLIX PROJECT

A second petition was recently filed by the Tavernier Community Association and fellow community members in relation to an ordinance Monroe County commissioners approved...

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