40 years of figuring it out: MCSO Lt. Nancy Alvarez earns Lifetime Achievement Award
When Monroe County Sheriff’s Office lieutenant Nancy Alvarez first hit the Overseas Highway as a road patrol deputy, she was, in her own words,...
In pictures: Fire guts home in Marathon’s Key by the Sea park
Marathon Fire Rescue crews quickly extinguished a fire on June 29 at the Key by the Sea mobile home park that destroyed a home. There...
CASTAWAYS AGAINST CANCER RAISE $400K ON 2026 ‘RING THE BELL TOUR’
The Castaways are coming home again. As this paper rolls off the printer, a flotilla of kayaks, a peloton of cyclists and pack of runners...
IN PICTURES: MARATHON BIDS FAREWELL TO THE CLASS OF 2026
A gym packed to the brim cheered on the Class of 2026 at Marathon High School’s commencement exercises on May 28. The 119-member class earned...
MARATHON NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: MIKEY SHANER
No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community...
IN PICTURES: FLOATING PADDLEBOARD DECLARATION KICKS OFF TRAVEL & TOURISM WEEK
In the Florida Keys, county leaders took business casual to a whole new level. With suits … without shoes … and with one essential...
‘LOOK FOR THE HELPERS’: SHARF FAMILY GETS OVATION FROM MARATHON CITY COUNCIL
A fundraising guru who’s raised nearly seven figures giving helping hands to Middle Keys locals got his flowers at the Marathon City Council’s April...
IN PICTURES: MARATHON PROTESTERS JOIN MILLIONS NATIONWIDE FOR ‘NO KINGS 3’
Protesters from the Middle Keys joined estimated crowds of 8 million at 3,300 worldwide events for a third “No Kings” rally on March 28,...
FKEC UTILIZES HELICOPTER FOR TRANSMISSION LINE INSPECTION IN MIDDLE, UPPER KEYS
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative is conducting its annual helicopter-based inspections and maintenance along U.S. 1. The inspected started the week of March 2, ...
IN PICTURES: REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR BYRON DONALDS VISITS MARATHON
One of Florida’s top gubernatorial candidates paid a visit to the Middle Keys as the Keys Common Sense Conservatives PAC hosted Rep. Byron Donalds...
