OFFICIALS STRIKE TENTATIVE DEAL TO SAVE KEY WEST SENIOR HOUSING CENTER
Key West’s financially strapped assisted-living facility, Poinciana Gardens, got a reprieve this week, when officials from three government agencies agreed to a cost-sharing arrangement. The arrangement must...
LEARNING LAWS DURING LOBSTER SEASON
Marine patrols from various law enforcement agencies conducted resource checks and safety inspections during a busy two-day lobster mini-season in the Florida Keys. With citations came education...
MONEY TALKS: SCHOOL DISTRICT DISCUSSES BUDGET, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
By: Charlotte Twine and Mandy Miles
School may be out of session, but the board of the Monroe County School District still found a very important topic to...
MONROE COUNTY ONLY HAS 2 AFFORDABLE HOUSING BUILDING PERMITS LEFT
Can you say “affordable housing crisis”?
There are only two affordable housing building permits, a.k.a. ROGOs, left to be allocated in unincorporated Monroe County. Municipalities such as Key...
CODE COMPLAINTS: WILL ENDING ANONYMOUS COMPLAINTS PREVENT TIME-WASTING TIT-FOR-TAT FIGHTS?
Anonymous complaints to a local code compliance department from one neighbor to another, tit for tat, almost seem like an unavoidable American way of life. Kind of...
BREAKING NEWS: KEY WEST OFFICIALS CALL COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ‘BULLIES’ DURING BUDGET TALKS ABOUT ASSISTED-LIVING...
Key West officials had harsh words for their Monroe County counterparts during the city’s budget workshop Thursday, when talk turned to a potential new partnership in Poinciana...
#CUBALIBRE – LOCAL GOVERNMENTS STAND IN SUPPORT OF CUBAN LIBERTY
This week, both the City of Marathon and the City of Key West passed special proclamations in support of Cuban liberty.
In Marathon, Mayor Luis Gonzalez called for...
JOIN US AS COUNTY TALKS TRAFFIC & OTHER ROADWAY ISSUES – TODAY AT 5...
TRANSPORTATION MASTER PLAN PUBLIC MEETING
Monroe County will be holding a virtual, public meeting and presentation regarding the new Transportation Master Plan on Wednesday, July 14 at 5...
COUNTY AGENDA: FEDERAL FUNDING & STATEWIDE BROADBAND
Monroe County Mayor Michelle Coldiron, Commissioner Mike Forster and legislative affairs director Lisa Tennyson had a full week last week. Hurricane Elsa had us in her sights,...
TRACK FOCUSES ON FLORIDA KEYS
The Keys are expecting a visit by Elsa on Monday evening. The computer models have aligned and there’s a high probability that when it arrives — as...
