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...
COUNTY COMMISSION OPENS TALKS WITH DEO ON NEW HURRICANE EVACUATION MODEL
A new hurricane evacuation model is on the way, with massive implications for continued development in Monroe County.
The April 19 meeting of the Monroe County Board of...
POWERBOATS SET TO THUNDER THROUGH MARATHON IN 7 MILE GRAND PRIX
If you’re a fan of big boats going really, really fast – think 140 mph – next weekend is your Christmas in April.
For the first time in...
MARATHON RESIDENTS: PAID BUILDING PERMITS IN THE LAST 3 YEARS? READ THIS.
On April 11, the Marathon City Council signed a resolution that will begin the process of refunding almost $2.2 million to homeowners who paid for city building...
