Florida Keys upgraded to tropical storm warning
A tropical storm warning is in effect for the Florida Keys. The National Hurricane Center posted the warning on Friday morning as Tropical Depression Fred slowly moves...
Keys officials, business owners dealing with rising COVID cases
Increasing COVID-19 cases in the Keys have some stores and municipalities bringing back mask requirements. Some are issuing messages strongly encouraging their use, while others continue to...
26 ACRES, 50 VILLAS & 29 ROOMS! GETS APPROVED FOR MIDDLE KEYS
The Valhalla Island Resort passed the City of Marathon’s approval process with flying colors on June 8. At the Marathon City Council meeting, the board unanimously approved...
PLANS FOR NEW JOHNNY MORRIS RESORT ON CRAWL KEY UNVEILED
Marathon’s Planning Board voted 4-1 to deny Valhalla Resort, put forward by Johnny Morris Signature Resorts, to be developed on Crawl Key, or the Grassy Key stretch...
MARATHON COMMUNITY — YOUNG AND OLD — REDESIGNING ROTARY PARK
Rotary Park in Marathon is turning 20 next year, just in time for a major upgrade and facelift. The city has $225,000 set aside in next year’s...
WHAT’S THIS? ANOTHER 50+ AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION
BOAT WORKS RESIDENCES
Marathon, Florida
What: 52 units of affordable housing featuring a majority of two-bedroom, two-bath apartments, but also one-bedroom and one-bath apartments and three-bedroom, two-bath apartments. Market...
GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST: GETTING TO KNOW CONTRACTOR ANDY SEGARD
Andy Segard and his wife, Sadie, moved to Marathon 16 years ago. Since then, he’s slipped seamlessly into Marathon life, fitting in so well he seems like...
RENTABOARD: COMPANY ADOPTS BIKE-SHARING MODEL FOR PADDLEBOARDS
It’s like bike sharing, but with stand-up paddleboards. PADL has opened its seventh station in the Florida Keys at the Fiesta Key RV Resort and Marina.
“In fact,...
Friends to kiteboard from Key Largo to Key West to support mental health
Keys resident Scott Gerke isn’t afraid to discuss what he calls a “sh*t storm of a summer” last year. Spiraling into a dark hole of his own,...
GARRETT & GONZALEZ: CITY MANAGER, MAYOR TALK FUTURE OF MARATHON
George Garrett and Luis Gonzalez are both familiar faces about town: Garrett as a longtime planner for City of Marathon, and Gonzalez as a businessman and two-year...