BATTLING THE WIND: SCENES FROM THE 7 MILE BRIDGE RUN
Last Friday night, 1,500 runners headed to bed praying for a northern shift in the winds forecast for the following morning.
Instead, harriers in the 43rd annual 7...
MORE TEAMS MEANS MORE MONEY FOR ANNUAL BULL & COW MAHI TOURNAMENT
The 18th annual Tom Thumb Marathon Offshore Bull and Cow Dolphin Tournament is set to challenge anglers Friday through Sunday, May 3-5.
A grand prize of $18,000 cash...
MARATHON HIGH DRAMA CLUB PUTS ON THEIR BOOGIE SHOES FOR ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER’
Bring your “Boogie Shoes” and get ready for a weekend of “Disco Inferno” at Marathon High School. The drama club has a serious case of “Saturday Night...
TRASH YOUR OLD TIRES — RESPONSIBLY — DURING COUNTY’S 3 FREE TIRE DISPOSAL DAYS
Monroe County County Solid Waste, partnering with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will host three free Earth Day Tire Amnesty events for Monroe County residents with...
KIDS DESCEND ON ROTARY PARK FOR MARATHON CLUB’S ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
It may have taken Marathon’s Rotarians hours to fill and hide thousands of eggs in every nook and cranny of Children’s Rotary Park. But once the floodgates...
40 YEARS OF ‘THE PIG’: MARATHON BREAKFAST EATERY LOOKS BACK THROUGH THE DECADES
For Stuffed Pig co-owners Mike Cinque and Karen Dennis, a broken A/C in their restaurant isn’t the massive setback it used to be in 1984. But after...
35 MARATHON NONPROFITS VIE FOR $150K IN CITY GRANTS
Middle Keys nonprofit representatives filled the Marathon City Council chambers on March 25 to make their cases as council members prepared to evaluate applications for the city’s...
HOPPY EASTER: WAYS TO CELEBRATE THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN MARATHON
From sunrise oceanside services to traditional masses in the pews, Marathon has a range of offerings as residents and visitors prepare to celebrate Easter Sunday on March...
JUVENILE TURTLES ‘CRACKLE’ AND ‘POP’ HEAD HOME AFTER REHAB JOURNEY
It was a picture-perfect morning on March 14 as a crowd of hundreds gathered at Sombrero Beach to watch two juvenile green sea turtles complete their journey...
CAPTIONED BY KIDS: SWITLIK WORDSMITHS LEARN THE ROPES AT CAREER AND TRUCK DAY
Fifth-grade students at Stanley Switlik Elementary School had a chance to test out their writing and photography chops as they joined Keys Weekly for a workshop session...
