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ISLAMORADA TOWBOATU.S. CAPTAIN HONORED FOR SAVING ANGLER’S LIFE

What started out as an all-too familiar day on the ocean for snowbirds Tony and Shawna Polkoski ended with a freak accident that quickly...
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BLACK EDUCATOR INITIATIVE EXPANDS

"Building on a successful launch, the Black Educator Initiative will be extended for 2024," said John Padget, founder of the Golden Fleece Foundation (GFF),...
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TAVERNIER’S PINFISH ENTERTAINMENT BRINGS DUCKPIN BOWLING, ARCADE & MORE

A new kind of family activity arrived in the Upper Keys several months ago at Tavernier Towne Center. With duckpin bowling, ax throwing and...
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KEYS COUPLE PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO JAN. 6 RIOT CHARGES

A Marathon couple arrested in August in relation to their participation in the Jan. 6 riots at the US Capitol recently pleaded not guilty...
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GRAND THEFT…BAHIA HONDA? KEYS ICONS POP UP IN VIDEO GAME TRAILER

A Keys landmark appears set to make an appearance in one of the most highly-anticipated video games of all time. Revealed in a short...
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS FACE BIG DECISION OVER PROPOSED PUBLIX IN TAVERNIER ON DEC. 13

Monroe County commissioners convening Wednesday, Dec. 13 in Key Largo face a decision over a proposed Publix project in the historic, quaint Tavernier community....
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CITIZENS INSURANCE CORP. UNDER FEDERAL INVESTIGATION AS LAWMAKERS FEAR FEDERAL BAILOUT

By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy Laments about the state-backed Citizens Property Insurance Corp., with exorbitant rising rates in an island chain that functions as...
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KEYS AUTHOR TIM DORSEY PASSES AWAY AT 62

New York Times best-selling author and Islamorada resident Tim Dorsey, who passed away on Nov. 26 at age 62, never met a dive bar...
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HOLIDAY MAGAZINE: THE GIFT THAT NEVER CAME

As a kid, most of our Christmases in the Rickert household were pretty epic. In last year’s Holiday Guide, I wrote about the year...
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IN PICTURES: RECORD 500 RUNNERS & WALKERS TAKE PART IN ANNUAL KEY LARGO BRIDGE...

Some 500 runners and walkers between the ages of 4 and 76 successfully scaled Key Largo’s Jewfish Creek Bridge — the Florida Keys’ gateway...