IN PICTURES: SPANISH FLY MUSIC FESTIVAL ROCKS BOONDOCKS
Cold temps didn’t slow down the tunes at the 2026 Spanish Fly Music Festival, which drew hundreds despite the wintry temps at Boondocks Grille...
IN PICTURES: PITMASTERS BATTLE THE COLD IN SAUCED AND TOSSED BBQ CONTEST IN MARATHON
It takes the bravest of pitmasters to soldier through the coldest temperatures seen by the Florida Keys in 15 years. But that’s what four...
THE SNAIL SETTLES IT: MOLLUSK METEOROLOGIST SAYS 6 MORE WEEKS OF WINTER
With temperatures in the Florida Keys hitting their lowest points in nearly two decades, declaring the end of winter on Groundhog Day might have...
FIND A FALLING IGUANA THIS WEEKEND? TAKE IT TO FWC
If iguanas start falling out of trees this weekend, you can bag them up – alive – and turn them in to FWC.
The special...
SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER? ASK THE ‘MOLLUSK METEOROLOGIST’ OFFERS PREDICTION
Step aside, Punxsutawney Phil. Winter in the Florida Keys is up to a “mollusk meteorologist.”
As the famed groundhog revealed his prediction of six more...
IN PICTURES: I.C.E. GETS BOTH HEAT & SUPPORT IN MARATHON
The two curbs of the Overseas Highway told very different stories on the afternoon of Jan. 26. Staged in front of the U.S. Customs...
DOLPHINS’ FATE DECIDED: BANKRUPTCY JUDGE APPROVES TRANSFER OF DUCK KEY ANIMALS TO SEAWORLD
A Middle Keys dolphin facility in operation since the early 1990s will close and send its eight animals to SeaWorld, Delaware bankruptcy judge Laurie...
HAPPY 20TH, SPARKY’S: BELOVED MARATHON EATERY CELEBRATES 20 YEARS
When Matt and Carolyn Anthony opened Sparky’s Landing on Feb. 1, 2006, they wanted more than just a popular restaurant on the water. They...
MARATHON WORKSHOP TARGETS ICE ENFORCEMENT, BIKE SAFETY
The Marathon City Council’s Jan. 27 workshop was the first in months to feature open-format discussion between residents and council members on issues affecting...
S.O.A.R. BRINGS AN URCHIN CLEANING CREW TO KEY LARGO’S HORSESHOE REEF
As coral restoration practitioners work to repair the Keys’ most treasured reef sites, a first-of-its-kind sea urchin release hopes to keep those reefs in...
