‘HAVE YOU SUFFERED ENOUGH YET?’ MARATHON MOTHER GIVES BIRTH ALONE AFTER ICE DETAINS HER...
On Nov. 18, Marathon resident Liennys Escalona gave birth to a baby boy. If he had been born a month earlier, her husband, Dasnier...
COLD-STUNNED ENDANGERED KEMP’S RIDLEY TURTLES ARRIVE IN STYLE AT THE TURTLE HOSPITAL
More than two dozen critically endangered Kemp's ridley sea turtles arrived in the Keys on Dec. 9 to warm up and receive treatment after...
BUS CARRYING MARATHON SOCCER TEAMS CATCHES FIRE; NO PLAYERS WERE HURT
The Marathon High School boys and girls soccer teams averted disaster when a bus carrying the squads to a game in Miami went up...
KITEBOARDERS CONQUER WAVES WITH WILLPOWER IN DOWNWIND-A-PALOOZA
Traveling 60 miles in the open ocean with nothing but a kite and a thin board isn’t an endeavor for the faint of heart.
But...
CLAW & ORDER: LOBSTER AND STONE CRAB PRICE FIXING LAWSUITS ACCUSE KEYS FISH HOUSES
Two months after one South Florida seafood wholesaler pleaded guilty to price-fixing charges on spiny lobster and stone crab, class-action lawsuits are targeting his...
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY BRIGHTENS FIRST RESPONDERS’ DAYS WITH GIFT CARDS & PIES
First responders across the Florida Keys’ chain of islands received a welcome visit from the team at Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Keys Real Estate Knight...
MIAMI SEAQUARIUM CLOSURE SENDS RESCUED ANIMALS TO THE KEYS
The Florida Keys’ marine mammal population recently saw three new additions and could increase by 11 in the coming months, courtesy of the shuttered...
MARATHON SWEARS IN NEW-LOOK COUNCIL IN FIRST POST-ELECTION SESSION
A change in city leadership highlighted an otherwise quiet night for the Marathon City Council in its first post-election season on Nov. 18.
Fresh off...
REEL DESTINY CHARTERS HAULS IN CATCH OF A LIFETIME WITH RARE LOUVAR
When captain Richard Bradley of Marathon-based Reel Destiny Charters sent his lines down in 1,600 feet of water on Nov. 15, he was hoping...
MARATHON WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY THREW KNIFE AT A MAN’S FACE
A 34-year-old Marathon woman was arrested on Nov. 13, after she allegedly threw a knife at a man’s face.
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office...
