Grandfather dock – Village to discuss registration
As residents of the Village of Islamorada continue their post-Hurricane Irma recovery, the village’s planning department must tackle how to issue permits for non-conforming...
Extra $1.6 million for tourism advertising
The Monroe County Tourist Development Council wants unallocated capital resource money to be used for advertising the Florida Keys.
Before 2017, any unallocated building project...
BUILDING PERMIT ISSUES – Delays prompt changes
Municipal building departments are struggling to keep up with the volume of work following Hurricane Irma. In the Village of Islamorada, the numbers are...
Still in the spotlight – Breuer returns to Key West
Last year he blew everyone away, Key West audiences said it was the funniest show of the year. Comedian Jim Breuer is back at...
GRACE ON MONDAY
Grace Pettis has grown up with lyrics and music all around her.
The daughter of a poetry scholar mother and a father who has written...
Deadline extended for Holly Given Memorial Scholarship
The Upper Keys Business and Professional Women are extending the deadline for the Holly Given Memorial Scholarship and Adult Women Scholarship to Saturday, March...
Multi-tasking with Rachel Bowman
“Are we doing this now?” Rachel Bowman asked, while slinging sunset cocktails and conch ceviche three deep at Kracken Up, the upstairs bar at...
Key West: Not Out Of The Woods
Like some sinister fairy tale, the Fort Zachary Taylor Australian pine trees have faced the most adverse conditions. From being slotted for destruction to...
Seafood Festival: Mambo in Marathon
I don’t think there’s been news this big in Marathon since the announcement that the Old Seven Mile Bridge would be restored*. But Tito...
Under the Seafood Festival arch
It’s the first thing you see – or is it? Ask most people about the entrance to the Original Marathon Seafood Festival (set for...
