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A REIMAGINED HAWK’S CAY MARINA BRINGS THREE DAYS OF FESTIVITIES 

A reimagined Hawks Cay Marina reopened with a chock-full weekend, welcoming the public for three days of celebration from dawn to dusk Dec. 12-14....
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HOLIDAY GUIDE: CELEBRATING HOLIDAYS AROUND THE WORLD

“Not weird, just different.” A third-grade teacher gently reprimanded her class during a social studies lesson 41 years ago inside a small Catholic school in...
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FULL-CIRCLE GIVING: MCSO TEAMS UP WITH LEADERSHIP MONROE FOR ANNUAL TRADITION ON WHEELS

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Annual Bike Drive, now a beloved holiday tradition since 2008, is a massive county-wide effort to deliver hundreds of...
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SNAPS WITH SANTA: NORTH POLE’S LEADING COUPLE VISIT COLDWELL BANKER SCHMITT

The line to see Santa Claus at Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co. starts earlier and earlier every year. By the time Kris Kringle...
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THIS WEEKEND: ENJOY ISLAND LIGHTS & A FESTIVE NIGHT AT THE PIGEON KEY HOLIDAY...

Drive over the Seven Mile Bridge at night, and the sunset isn’t the last glow you’ll see.  The island of Pigeon Key is already ablaze...
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IN PICTURES: 7 MILE SANTACON BRINGS THE NORTH POLE TO THE TROPICS

Unsuspecting bar patrons may have wondered what hit them as a wave of Kris Kringles, reindeer, candy canes and elves descended on five Middle...
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‘HAVE YOU SUFFERED ENOUGH YET?’ MARATHON MOTHER GIVES BIRTH ALONE AFTER ICE DETAINS HER...

On Nov. 18, Marathon resident Liennys Escalona gave birth to a baby boy. If he had been born a month earlier, her husband, Dasnier...
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READING BETWEEN THE TRACKS: THREE TRAIN TALES OF HISTORY, MYSTERY AND REBELLION

Orphan TrainBy Christina Baker Kline From the mid-1800s through 1929, children living in overcrowded New York City orphanages were boarded onto trains and sent west...
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KEYS SPECIAL OLYMPIANS MAKE MONROE COUNTY PROUD AT STATE GAMES

Special Olympics Florida-Monroe County athletes delivered an outstanding performance at the 2025 State Fall Classic at ESPN Wide World of Sports, held Nov. 13...
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THIS WEEKEND: ENJOY COCKTAILS WITH THE CLAUS AT THE 2025 7 MILE SANTACON

SantaCon is back, and the party is moving to the other side of town. Already a hit in 2024, the 2025 7 Mile SantaCon, presented...