FLORIDA KEYS RECORD TWO SHARK BITES IN 36 HOURS
The Florida Keys experienced two more recorded shark bites in less than two days on May 18 and 19, in entirely different scenarios.
On Thursday, 20-year-old Miami resident...
KEY COLONY BEACH POLICE TO UNIONIZE AFTER ROCKY START
The Key Colony Beach Police Department will become the last municipal police force in the Keys to unionize after more than 60 years, following tensions early on...
BREAKING: SPEAR FISHERMAN REPORTEDLY BITTEN BY SHARK OFF MARATHON
The Keys experienced another recorded shark bite on Thursday afternoon, this time in Marathon.
According to a statement released by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, a 20-year-old Miami-Dade...
SEBASTIANSTRONG PADDLERS ‘KAYAKING THE KEYS FOR HOPE’ TO COMBAT CHILDHOOD CANCER
“You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live.” - Stuart Scott
On May 16-20, a group of 20...
MARATHON COUNCIL PONDERS INSURANCE CHALLENGES, BUILDING RIGHTS TRANSFERS
A presentation on insurance inequalities and discussion of minutia surrounding transferable building rights (TBRs) occupied the most time in an otherwise light agenda for the Marathon City...
IN PICTURES: WILD CONDITIONS PUSH DRIVERS TO THE BRINK IN 7-MILE GRAND PRIX
More than 60 teams that were registered for the weekend’s races found smooth sailing on Saturday, with throngs of spectators lined up on land and on the...
MONROE COUNTY EOC CONSTRUCTION CLEARS MILESTONE
On April 25, AJAX celebrated the “topping off” of the new Monroe County Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in Marathon. The topping off is the completion of the...
MARATHON WORKFORCE HOUSING APARTMENTS DEEMED STRUCTURALLY UNSAFE; TENANTS SCRAMBLE TO FIND OTHER OPTIONS
For more than a week after being displaced from their apartments when a balcony collapsed on April 15, the tenants in the 16 workforce housing units at...
SATURDAY EVENT IN MARATHON TO HONOR LEADERSHIP MONROE COUNTY’S 2023 GRADUATES
A public celebration event on Saturday, April 29, is to honor the 30th graduating class of Leadership Monroe County.
The event, to be staged at Oceanfront Park in...
MARATHON CITY COUNCIL TALKS BOAT RAMP FEES, CELEBRATES CODE ENFORCEMENT PROGRESS
The Marathon City Council’s April 25 workshop revealed a step in the right direction for the city’s code enforcement efforts, with questions still left unanswered about the...
