Concerns go viral
Corona beer seemed a bigger concern than the coronavirus for the groups of college students visiting the Keys for the annual spring break debauchery...
Seafood & Scholarships
Proceeds from the Marathon Seafood Festival serve a very important purpose — funding scholarships for local kids. Both the Marathon Chamber of Commerce and...
Windley Key Day Returns March 21
Windley Key Fossil Reef Geological State Park is hosting a not-to-miss celebration. On Saturday, March 21 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., the park...
Army Corps of Engineers plans for storm resilience
At the February BOCC meeting, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) presented its initial plan for coastal resilience to the county commissioners.
The study...
Local adventurer spends lifetime exploring Pitcairn Islands
In 1989, local adventurer and explorer Jack S. Grove accidentally discovered the shipwreck of the vessel Acadia at Ducie Atoll, an uninhabited islet in...
College president responds to labor complaint
The president of the College of the Florida Keys this week denied allegations of retaliation against a pro-union faculty member whose employment contract with...
STUDENTS AND STEWARDS
Twenty-two fifth graders from Plantation Key School ventured away from the classroom to a village preserve Feb. 25. With large buckets in hand, students...
Vacation rental bill appears dead
Legislation that would strip local vacation rental control won’t cross the finish line this session, state Sen. Anitere Flores says.
Senate Bill 1128, as proposed...
The economics of the seafood festival
If tourism and commercial seafood got married, it would be the Marathon Seafood Festival. If they had babies, it would be all the organizations...
A LOOK INSIDE THE FISH HOUSE
The fish house and processing plant on the bayside of Marathon has a long and storied history, important to tell here — it supplies...
