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SPORTS WRAP: CORAL SHORES FOOTBALL BEATS MARATHON, CLAIMS 53RD ‘BATTLE OF THE KEYS’

October 7 marked the renewal of one of the Keys’ longest-running sports rivalries when the Marathon High School football team traveled to face Coral Shores in the...
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FLORIDA KEYS FLOOD VICTIMS NOW ELIGIBLE FOR FEMA HELP

When the floodwaters of Hurricane Ian receded from Key West by Sept. 30, more than 400 Key West households had to haul their drenched lives and living...
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SPORTS WRAP: MARATHON VS. CORAL SHORES HISTORIC RIVALRY

By Tracy McDonald and Alex Rickert On Friday, Oct. 7, two island football teams will meet on the gridiron to extend what is already the longest standing rivalry...
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$519M SPENDING PLAN APPROVED BY MONROE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

Monroe County commissioners unanimously adopted a $519 million spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year during a final budget hearing at the Murray Nelson Government Center in...
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FLORIDA KEYS POWER WORKERS DEPLOYED TO ASSIST AREAS RAVAGED BY HURRICANE IAN

Florida Keys Electric Cooperative sent crews, equipment, and material to assist with Hurricane Ian power restoration in Florida on Friday.  Three two-person FKEC journeymen linemen teams and a...
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IN PICTURES: MARATHON TAKES A HIT, BUT AVOIDS THE WORST OF HURRICANE IAN

Well, it certainly wasn’t nothing. But when all was said and done, the Florida Keys got lucky – relatively speaking – in the wake of Hurricane Ian. Torrential...
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OLD SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS PRESERVATION AWARD

The Florida Keys’ Old Seven Mile Bridge has been named one of three global 2022 Phoenix Awards winners by the Society of American Travel Writers. Restoration of...
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SPORTS WRAP: ’CANES & CONCHS FOOTBALL DOMINATE

Key West The outcome of Key West’s Sept. 16 game against the Crusaders of Dade Christian became obvious in the first quarter, during which the Conchs scored a...
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SPORTS WRAP: KEY WEST & CORAL SHORES TRADE WINS IN THE POOL

Keys swimmers met up at Founders Park in Islamorada on Sept. 14 and both teams experienced success. Key West’s boys had a decisive 195-74 win and Coral...
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MARATHON NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: WESLEY BARNES

No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community members who deserve...

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