HEAT & MOISTURE BRING AN EARLY ACTIVE MOSQUITO SEASON
The Florida Department of Health in Monroe County (DOH-Monroe) and the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) are asking residents of the Florida Keys to take action...
CONTAGIOUS WINS CAPTAINS CUP DOLPHIN TOURNAMENT IN ISLAMORADA
Nine-tenths of a pound separated the first-through-third-place teams in the 23rd annual Islamorada Fishing Club’s Captains Cup Dolphin Tournament in Islamorada on June 28.
Forty anglers headed out...
WHAT’S NEXT FOR A POPULAR COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY IN KEY LARGO?
A plan to potentially abandon a county right-of-way with access to the water in one Key Largo neighborhood was put on hold at a recent meeting of...
TRIBUTE TO TREASURE HUNTER MEL FISHER SET FOR JULY 15
Mel Fisher Day in Key West is an annual tribute to the rum-and-Coke drinking, gold-chain-adorned Keys character remembered as “the world’s greatest treasure hunter” whose discovery of...
DIAMOND SHARP: STEADY BATS PROGRAM BRINGS OFFSEASON TRAINING TO BALL PLAYERS
High school baseball and Little League concluded another season on the Upper Keys diamonds. While it may be the offseason for players young and old, there’s always...
CHARTER COUNTY CONVERSATIONS HIGHLIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING NEEDS
Discussions among Monroe County officials over a potential transition to a charter county continued at a June 21 board of county commissioners meeting in Key Largo. Officials...
ISLAMORADA’S ‘TRANSPARENSEA’ BRINGS A GLASS BOTTOM & A NIGHTTIME ATTRACTION
Finding an opportunity to add fun and excitement to someone’s vacation in the Florida Keys is something Brian and Elizabeth McCadie find purpose and passion in.
Brian McCadie...
BRICK BUST YIELDS 167 POUNDS OF COCAINE
A 32-year-old mariner from Lithuania was arrested after a large amount of cocaine was found in his sailboat, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Matas Vezauskas...
SEWER LINE BREAK CAUSES TRAFFIC BACKUP IN THE UPPER KEYS
Motorists traveling north in the Upper Keys on June 18 experienced heavy traffic backups after a sewer line break at MM 92.5 in Tavernier closed one road...
WOMAN ARRESTED FOR FATALLY SHOOTING BOYFRIEND ON BIG COPPITT KEY
A shooting early Saturday morning at a house on Big Coppitt Key led to the death of Tyler Nulisch, 30, and the arrest of his girlfriend, Brittany...
