KEYS MARINE SANCTUARY’S LAVERDURE NAMED EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR
A colleague asked that she be cloned. In a way she has been, taking on the responsibilities of another full-time position in addition to...
COUNTY FIRE OFFICIALS: LEAVE FIREWORKS TO THE PROFESSIONALS THIS NEW YEAR’S
Monroe County Fire Rescue is reminding the public to have a fun and safe New Year's Eve and Day. Please leave fireworks displays to...
SANTA’S COMING TO MARATHON: SEE THE BIG MAN ON CHRISTMAS EVE AT THESE CARAVAN...
Young ones in Marathon looking to get an advance meet-and-greet with Santa Claus on Christmas Eve can keep their eyes peeled for the flashing...
FESTIVE PROCESSIONS: MIDDLE KEYS BOAT PARADES DELIGHT CROWDS
In the Florida Keys, a downpour can’t stop a highly-anticipated holiday tradition. With the Duck Key Christmas Boat Parade already in the books on...
SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS MAKE THEIR ROUNDS IN ISLAMORADA
Santa and Mrs. Claus made their rounds in Islamorada on the evening of Dec. 14. Guided by lighted and decorated Islamorada Fire Rescue trucks,...
‘OFFICER GRINCH’ DOLES OUT ONIONS INSTEAD OF TICKETS IN KEY LARGO
By Andy Newman
Holiday motorists going a bit too fast through a school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway might receive an onion from...
NEW YEAR, NEW BUILDS: GOVERNOR AND HIS CABINET GREENLIGHT FIRST ROUND OF UNITS FOR...
A new wave of building units is officially heading to the Florida Keys at the start of 2026.
Out of 900 new units greenlit by...
PENGUINS, SEA OTTERS, OCTOPUSES, OH MY! KEYS OFFICIALS TOUR MOTE MARINE LAB’S NEW AQUARIAUM
By Jill Miranda Baker
The agenda included close encounters with sharks, rays, manatees, penguins, sea otters, octopuses, coral reef and more as a group of...
SHERIFF’S LIEUTENANT JOINS PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS BOARD
Pawsitive Beginnings, a nonprofit fox sanctuary dedicated to animal-assisted therapy and community healing, recently appointed Monroe County Sheriff’s Lt. Mario Benedetti to its board...
IN PICTURES: SOUTHERNMOST RAPPER MIKE STACK PUTS ON A SHOW FOR MARATHON HIGH PBIS
He’s famous for telling the world “I’m From Key West,” but on Dec. 15, the Southernmost City’s premier rapper took a road trip north...
