KEYS HISTORY: WIFE OF RIGHTER PERKY MADE HER OWN NEWS
Helen Nellie Davis was no wallflower. She was born on Dec. 11, 1879, in Baltimore. Because her story is more interesting and complicated than can be told...
CRANE POINT LEAPS FORWARD WITH MORE EVENT SPACE & OUTDOOR ADVENTURES
As one of only 47 sites on the National Register of Historic Places in Florida, Crane Point Hammock and Nature Center offers more than just history. Long...
REEF THE FOX CHATS WITH FRED THE TREE ON ‘ROAD HOUSE’ APPEARANCE
Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” I have the interview to top all interviews this week.
I have another local celebrity who just...
BATTLING BLOOD-SUCKERS: KEYS MOSQUITO CONTROL HAS BEEN ON ITS MISSION FOR 75 YEARS
The centuries-long battles with mosquitoes and the diseases they transmit within the tropical climate of the Florida Keys are well known.
In 1949, in an effort to combat...
KEYS CHILDREN’S FOUNDATION DONATES $115,000 TO LOCAL SHELTER
The Keys Children's Foundation has granted the Florida Keys Children’s Shelter $115,000 to help fund residential and counseling programs at the 19-bed Jelsema Center in Tavernier.
The Keys...
ALT-ROCK DUO LUNG PRODUCES MUSIC VIDEO IN THE KEYS TO BENEFIT LOCAL CHILDREN
If you are having even the slightest bummer of a day, play the video for the charity song “In the Key of West (Keys Strong)” by alt-rock...
COLLEGE SPEAKER SERIES DIVES INTO THE MARINE SANCTUARY ON APRIL 18
The College of the Florida Keys continues its 2024 VIP Series with “State of the National Marine Sanctuary” on Thursday, April 18 at 7 p.m. in the...
LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY PLANS APRIL 27 GRADUATION FESTIVAL IN MARATHON
Leadership Monroe County (LMC) will celebrate its Class XXXI graduation with “Leadership Spring GradFest,” a community festival and alumni reunion to be held April 27, from 11...
ROADWAY RESURFACING BEGINS IN JUNE ON THIS SECTION OF THE 18-MILE STRETCH
Resurfacing work will begin later this summer on a rough stretch of highway between Jewfish Creek Bridge in Key Largo and the Miami-Dade County line.
Between the growing...
WHAT IS THE FUTURE FOR ARTIFICIAL REEFS? SANCTUARY ADVISORY COUNCIL BLENDS OPTIMISM AND CAUTION
An outline of the future for Monroe County’s artificial reef program was met with a mixture of anticipation, caution and debate at the April 16 meeting of...
