IN THEIR WORDS: MARATHON COUNCIL CANDIDATES OUTLINE THEIR VISION FOR THE CITY
Each week, in an effort to provide greater familiarity and communication between the five Marathon City Council candidates and our readers, the Marathon Weekly will print candidates’...
MARATHON ENFORCES TEMPORARY SIGN ORDINANCE
The city of Marathon is diligently enforcing its temporary-sign law, which affects campaign signs for those seeking elected office in Monroe County.
Marathon’s law (107.622) unequivocally states that...
MARATHON FINALIZES 24-25 BUDGET & STAFF RAISES
Marathon reaffirmed its commitment not to raise property taxes for 2024-25 at its final budget hearing on Sept. 24 – but not without another short round of...
COUNTY OPENS EMERGENCY OPS CENTER IN TIME FOR TROPICAL STORM WATCH
Monroe County’s Emergency Operations Center (EOC) officially opened on Sept. 23 at the west end of the Marathon airport. Later the same day, the $37 million facility...
43 MIGRANTS LAND ON SOMBRERO BEACH
Marathon’s Sombrero Beach had some early visitors on the morning of Sept. 17, as U.S. Border Patrol officials announced they had taken 43 Cuban migrants into custody...
DUCK KEY RESIDENTS WANT ANSWERS AS BRIDGE CONTRACTOR NEARS DEFAULT DATE
It was January 2021 when Monroe County began the first of three necessary multimillion-dollar bridge replacements on Duck Key. Four summers later, while one of the three...
BREAKING: GRAND JURY BLASTS COUNTY LEADERS IN DRUG THEFT SCANDAL
By Alex Rickert and Mandy Miles
The following is a summary of statements taken directly from the report of a 15-member grand jury that recently indicted former County...
NEW DETAILS EMERGE IN MARATHON WATERCRAFT CRASH THAT LEFT FATHER & SON DEAD
A 47-year-old father and his 9-year-old son died Tuesday night after their personal watercraft (PWC) crashed into a seawall in a Boot Key Harbor canal, multiple officials...
IN PICTURES: SHERIFF’S OFFICE & PARTNERS HOST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Kids and families got their fill of fancy lights, vehicles, aircraft and equipment as law enforcement agencies and community partners throughout the Keys celebrated National Night Out...
MURDER CHARGES FILED IN 16-YEAR COLD CASE
A 31-year-old Marathon man has been arrested and charged with a previously-unsolved murder from 2008, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release on June...
