FLORIDA PARK RANGER TALKS PLANTS & SURVIVAL AT UPCOMING LECTURE
The History of Diving Museum’s Immerse Yourself lecture features park ranger Chris Herald on native plants and survival on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at 7...
UPPER KEYS HONORS PASCAL ON WHAT WOULD HAVE BEEN HIS 17TH BIRTHDAY
On what would’ve been his 17th birthday on Feb. 2, local schools and the community at large celebrated the 4th annual Pascal’s Day of...
KIDS DEBRIS DERBY NETS GARGANTUAN AMOUNTS OF GARBAGE
Students from Ocean Studies Charter School and the local community at large participated in the third annual Marine Debris Derby on Jan. 28.
Student and...
300-UNIT APARTMENT COMPLEX IN FLORIDA CITY TO BENEFIT UPPER KEYS WORKFORCE
The Florida Keys is longing for more affordable housing, and it appears the upper island chain is getting some help from a project near...
DRC, FWC & OTHERS RESCUE 60 STRUGGLING TURKEY VULTURES
On Jan. 23, Dolphin Research Center staff assisted in the rescue of about 60 waterlogged turkey vultures off the coast of Marathon. While conducting...
MEET ELIZABETH BISHOP: POET LIVES FOREVER IN HER WORDS
If you lived in Key West from 1937 to 1946 (because I’m certain there are many octogenarian and nonagenarian Keys Weekly readers), you might...
CAPTAIN JOEL’S FISHIN’ HOLES: SNAG SOME SNAPPER THIS WINTER
It would be very difficult to catch every species of snapper in the Florida Keys in one day. In fact, I don't personally know...
SANDWICH TERNS DIVE TO BEAT THE BAND
I was sitting on the cement wall down at Rest Beach, watching the Sandwich terns, when the band started up. It looked to be...
KEYS OFFICIALS MONITOR KEY ENVIRONMENTAL FUNDING REQUEST IN TALLAHASSEE
Lisa Tennyson, Monroe County’s legislative affairs director, is gearing up for another 60-day session of the Florida Legislature that begins March 7. Having served...
ONE TOUGH KID: KEYS INFANT RECEIVES ULTRA-RARE DIAGNOSIS
Meet Carter Reyes. He’s nine months old, completely adorable, and depending on whom you ask, looks just like the Gerber baby.
For the first few...
