MARATHON CITY COUNCIL SQUARES OFF WITH STAFF OVER BUDGETED RAISES
A crowd of around 40 Marathon city employees irate with the City Council’s recent comments on proposed staff raises in the city’s 2023-24 budget filled the council...
KEY WEST OFFICIALS TACKLE HEFTY AGENDA AT SEPT. 14 MEETING
Have you seen the agenda for the city commission meeting on Thursday, Sept. 14?
Pack a lunch, cupcake.
With no August meeting, the commission hasn't convened in regular session...
TO OUR READERS: INTRODUCING THE ALL-NEW KEYS WEEKLY SPORTS WRAP
We are absolutely thrilled to present the first break-out edition of the Keys Weekly Sports Wrap. The publication you are holding is the culmination of more than...
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE: KEYS HEADLINES FROM 2003, STIll RELEVANT NOW
Still Building Answers for Affordable Housing
“The affordable housing crisis has been a significant issue in Monroe County for at least 15 years. When I was a County...
LOCAL MEDIA MATTERS — KEYS WEEKLY OWNERS LOOK BACK ON 2 DECADES OF COMMUNITY...
By Jason Koler & Britt Myers
The fact you are reading this paper is nothing short of a miracle. All across the country, locally owned newspapers are closing...
DEVELOPERS OF PROPOSED PUBLIX PROJECT IN TAVERNIER GET AN EARFUL AT COMMUNITY MEETING
Residents living near a proposed supermarket and workforce housing project in Tavernier fear more traffic and changes would come to their quiet and quaint community.
Developers seeking to...
KEYS HISTORY: THIS ISLAND WAS KNOWN FOR PIGEON FLOCKS & A RAILROAD WORKER HUB
In the Florida Keys, we all have our favorite islands. My favorite, Indian Key, has an incredible story, and I have written an inordinate number of columns...
OCEAN STUDIES TEACHER SET FOR AN EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE TRIP TO COLOMBIA
Martha Loizeaux, a science teacher and science department head at the Ocean Studies Charter School, recently received a Fulbright Teacher Exchange award to Colombia for the 2023-2024...
LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY ANNOUNCES CLASS XXXI
Leadership Monroe County, an educational non-profit community leadership organization, has announced its 31st year of programs with the selection of Class XXXI. The LMC program is aimed...
2nd TRIAL LOOMS IN STOCK ISLAND MURDER CASE
Two weeks after a jury convicted his younger brother in the 2020 fatal shooting of a local fisherman on Stock Island – and the near death of...