CAMPAIGN SEASON: MARATHON COUNCIL CANDIDATES RAISE FUNDS

Creating a war chest. Receiving checks from friends. Reaching out to previous contributors. The four candidates who are running for Marathon City Council’s two open seats —...
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LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY ANNOUNCES CLASS XXIX

Leadership Monroe County, the premier educational non-profit community leadership organization,  announces its twenty-ninth year of programs with the selection of Class XXIX.   The LMC program is aimed at...

STARTING LINEBACKER FOR MARATHON VARSITY FOOTBALL PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE

By: Clare Merryman Thomas Eubank, number 32 on the field, a starting linebacker on the Marathon varsity football team, plays an important role. He is one of the...

MHS FINS FALL IN GAME…BUT THE CROWD WAS ROCKING

Marathon played host to Miami’s Archbishop Carroll on Sept. 17 in their first home game of the season. “It felt great playing in front of our home...

MHS FIVE-SPORT VARSITY LETTER WINNER NAMED TO STATE COMMITTEE

Marathon High School senior Rylan Chapa has been chosen as one of 16 student-athletes in the state to be appointed to the Florida High School Athletic Association...

MARATHON MARINE EDUCATION FACILITY APPROVED DESPITE LEGAL CHALLENGE

During a five-hour City of Marathon meeting that saw council members placing bets about when it was going to end, a contentious issue took center stage: the...

BEST OF MARATHON: FOOD TRUCK & BARTENDER SPOTLIGHT

Jenerator @ Dockside How long have you been a bartender? 18 years. What’s the most creative way you’ve cut someone off? I usually just take their drink, hand them...

GOOD TIMES! MARATHON HS FOOTBALL TEAM CELEBRATE FIRST WIN

By Clare Merryman The Marathon High School Varsity Fins got their first win of the season, against Pompano Beach, on Sept 3 by a score of 10-9.  Patrick Crews...

MOVING MARATHON AMERICAN LEGION CEREMONY HONORS VETS AND THE RECENTLY FALLEN

n Sept. 5, Marathon’s American Legion Post 154 honored all veterans and those killed in action in a ceremony that included a rifle salute, the playing of...

HONORING THOSE WHO PUT OTHERS’ SAFETY FIRST

They’re the first ones on the scene of an accident on U.S. 1. They’re the first ones to arrive when things go wrong.  On water and land, the...