Remembering Marathon’s fallen on Memorial Day
Howard “Doug” AndersonHometown: Marathon Shores, FLDOB: 09-19-47US ARMY:Warrant officer/helicopter pilotUnit: D TRP, 3RD SQDN, 4TH CAVALRY, 25TH INF DIV, USARVCasualty date: 12-27-67Location: Hau Nghia Province, South VietnamAge...
GUIDES GET A GIFT – Local businesses pitching in to support fun fishing
John Murphy is repaying a debt. A debt he incurred about 32 months ago when Hurricane Irma sent a 6-foot wall of seawater through his house.
“Kevin brought...
ZIEG ACCUSES SENMARTIN OF PERSONAL GAIN
Marathon City Councilman Dan Zieg has filed a second ethics complaint against Marathon City Councilman Mark Senmartin. The latest was received on April 30 by the state...
STATE: 1,300 affordable building permits pass review
Soon after Hurricane Irma swept the Keys in 2017, decimating most of its de facto affordable housing, former Gov. Rick Scott “gifted” the Keys with the right...
Marathon, Key West will reopen parks, beaches on Monday
Both cities are coming up with plans to slowly reopen the Keys. Keep reading ...
FROM MARATHON:
Governor Ron DeSantis announced last night that Florida will be moving into...
WHAT DOES GOVERNOR’S ORDER MEAN FOR THE KEYS?
CITY OF MARATHON: “Last night, the Governor released order 2020-112, lessening some restrictions in counties other than Miami, Broward and Palm Beach Counties starting Monday May 4th....
Middle Keys ‘Bull & Cow’ happens this weekend
In 2019, the motto of the annual Marathon Offshore Bull & Cow Dolphin Tournament was “the more the merrier” — as the number of boats fishing the...
Contractors and construction workers are on the job
The highways are a little empty and schools are closed, but construction projects in the Middle Keys are in full swing and going up fast. The Marathon...
The Turtle Hospital celebrates Earth Day with sea turtle release named after the father...
In honor of Earth Day’s 50th anniversary, staff from the Turtle Hospital in Marathon released a rehabilitated green sea turtle back to the ocean Wednesday in waters...
County: get strict on airports
The virtual format for the April BOCC meeting didn’t impede the county commissioners from getting important work done during the shutdown period. Early in the day, they...
