FBI ARRESTS MARATHON COUPLE FOR JAN. 6 RIOT INVOLVEMENT (WITH CAPITOL FOOTAGE)
By Mandy Miles & Alex Rickert
A live-aboard couple in Marathon’s Boot Key Harbor wanted for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers and entering the U.S. Capitol during the...
MARATHON ISSUES $256K IN PERMIT FEE REFUNDS AS 2,700 ELIGIBLE HAVE NOT YET APPLIED
Since April, the city of Marathon has received more than 700 building permit fee refund applications. The city is set to refund up to $2.2 million to...
MARATHON COUNCIL GETS DOWN TO DOLLARS & ‘SENSE’ IN PRELIMINARY BUDGET TALKS
The Marathon City Council dove straight into dollars and cents at its July 25 special call meeting, setting a preliminary millage for the city’s 2023-24 budget –...
KEY COLONY BEACH RESIDENTS FILE INJUNCTION AGAINST CITY HALL DECISION
Last updated: August 2, 2023, 3 p.m.
The prolonged battle between Key Colony Beach residents and city officials over the construction of a new city hall building is...
KEY COLONY BEACH GREENLIGHTS NEW CITY HALL IN SPLIT VOTE
After years of debate that have driven a wedge between Key Colony residents and city officials, a 3-2 vote by the Key Colony Beach Commission on July...
STORIES IN SONG: ‘AN EVENING WITH JAIMIE ROBERTS’ IS THIS WEEKEND AT MCT
What exactly is a cabaret?
Ask veteran performer Jaimie Roberts to describe her show this weekend at Marathon Community Theatre, and she’d probably use that word. Ask her...
TURTLE RESCUE: NEST OF MISDIRECTED HATCHLINGS UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF LIGHTING STANDARDS
On July 11, Turtle Hospital and Save-A-Turtle of the Florida Keys staff responded to a recently-hatched loggerhead turtle nest on Sombrero Beach. The sea turtles had hatched...
MARATHON COUNCIL SEES LIGHT WORK WITH BOAT RAMP UPDATES, TURTLE LIGHTING & WORKSHOP DISCUSSIONS
The Marathon City Council breezed through its July 11 agenda with an ease befitting the mere 14-day gap since its last meeting.
With June’s regular meeting pushed to...
WHAT ARE THOSE? SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT ON MARATHON’S ROAD MARKINGS
Over the last two weeks, the Weekly has fielded an enormous volume of questions, all asking the same thing: What the heck are those markings on the...
MURDERER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR 2018 MARATHON KILLING
Twice-convicted murderer and rapist Steven Wolf will be the third Monroe County case currently on Florida’s Death Row, following a sentencing order handed down by Judge Mark...
