Fishermen’s Hospital will build new facility
For months, the Middle Keys have been waiting to find out what Baptist Health South Florida’s plans are for Fishermen’s Hospital, badly damaged by Hurricane Irma a...
Pigeon Key Art Fest set for this weekend
ABOUT THE POSTER ARTIST
Jessica Ann Hessing is a full-time artist living in Key Largo. Born and raised in the Florida Keys, her artwork is full of local...
HOME(coming) at LAST
Marathon High School celebrated homecoming this past weekend. The festivities, originally scheduled for the fall semester, included a pep rally, basketball game with the crowning at halftime,...
HOOP DREAMS
Remember that video that went viral in 2016 of the Gainesville police officer called to the scene of kids playing basketball too “loudly?” Instead of reprimanding the...
The KCB Store Island Gift Shop moves just around the corner
After its location on Key Colony Beach’s Sadowski Causeway took on four feet of water during Hurricane Irma, The KCB Store Island Gift Shop moved “just around...
Marathon: Fun Fest is Saturday
Animals from turtles to sting rays, vehicles from fire enginers to sheriff’s cars, games, snacks and more are on tap for Family Fun Fest on Saturday, Jan....
Basketball Swagger
Last Sunday, 140 basketball players, ages 8 to 18, took the court for their first game. That number is about 50 more kids than the normal turnout...
City of Marathon revisits food truck law
For less than 400 words, ordinance 104.62 causes a lot of headache for the City of Marathon, its residents and business owners.
The law governing food trucks has...
SPEEDY ‘RUMORS’
Neil Simon's “Rumors” takes some shots at the country club set. The neurotic characters — eight of them —create combustible laughter in his riotous 1988 comedy, the playwright’s...
Obituary: Lori Longstreth
Lori L. Baker Longstreth, 53, of Marathon passed away peacefully on Sept. 3, 2017, after a courageous 15-month illness. Longstreth was born on Nov. 29, 1963 in...
