Eighth annual Baygrass Bluegrass set
Islamorada Community Entertainment’s eighth annual Craft Beer and Baygrass Bluegrass Festival is bringing multiple award-winning artists from across the United States to Founders Park,...
Turtle returns to waters off Alligator Reef
A debilitated green sea turtle rescued off Alligator Reef in May returned home on Dec. 29. With a “goodbye” to Allie, onlookers onboard the...
TOP 10 PHOTOS OF THE MIDDLE KEYS
The Marathon Weekly is lucky enough to work with some ridiculously talented professional photographers such as Barry Gaukel and Ian Wilson. And then, we...
Keys schools get new fields and facilities
The halls of learning in the Florida Keys got some much-needed improvements in 2019, which saw the opening of two brand new campuses at...
Key West ‘drops’ in on 2020
Key West doesn’t drop the ball when it comes to New Year’s Eve, but we drop plenty of other things, from pirate wenches, planes...
Wine and holiday cookie pairings
Anyone who’s spent a well-oiled afternoon at a winery has likely been coached through some concepts of pairing food and wine while ordering platefuls...
County prioritizes climate adaptation for new buildings
Climate change, sea level rise, and the future of the Keys were hot button topics at the last BOCC meeting of the year. The...
CRF, Mote kick up restoration efforts in 2019
Sometimes, the news from the reef can feel heavy and hopeless. Between record coral bleaching, overuse of ocean resources, toxic runoff, and now a...
1,300 building permits hang in the balance
If push came to shove during a hurricane, could we all get out on time? What if there were more people to evacuate? That...
Youths take a stand for their future
From the “Big Apple” to Big Pine, young people are fed up. They’re angry about what the climate crisis means for their futures, they’re...
