NO HOMECOMING DANCE, BUT PROM AND GRADUATION IS ON AT MHS
At the March 2 meeting of Marathon High School’s School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting, teachers and board members outlined a plan that affects graduating seniors. Yes, there...
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A BOAT IS ABANDONED? FWC STEPS IN TO INVESTIGATE
Two boats blown ashore near the gulfside of 7 Mile Bridge are examples of what the Florida Wildlife Commission calls “derelict vessel.”
The two boats blew onshore about...
MARATHON HONORS FALLEN, WOUNDED VETERANS WITH NEW DESIGNATION
Marathon is now a Purple Heart City. That’s a designation that honors and remembers military personnel wounded or killed in combat with hostile forces. Signs have been...
HOUSE CALLS: CONCIERGE DOCTOR STARTS PRACTICE IN MIDDLE KEYS
He’s a concierge doctor. Most think that means a fancy doctor with an exclusive clientele. But Dr. Greg Keifer understands and practices it differently.
“I call it ‘direct...
KEYS HAS PLAN TO VACCINATE 100 SHUT-INS AT HOME
On Thursday, March 4, the Marathon Fire Rescue will be picking up its allotment of COVID-19 vaccine to inoculate homebound seniors. The list of seniors who cannot...
JETHON: HE FINDS A PLACE WHERE HE’S NEEDED
Jethon Williams says his life has followed a singular track: to be in the right place at the time he’s needed. This was true back when his...
MARATHON PASSES RESTRICTIVE IRRIGATION RULES
On Feb. 9, the City of Marathon quietly passed the first reading of ordinance 2021-07. Marathon is required to adopt the law if it wants future grant...
DON’T LEAVE THE CANS OUT; MARATHON HAS NEW GARBAGE LAW
Update: The article has been changed to reflect the garbage ordinance’s scope. The new law will apply only to “collector roads” — divided or undivided roadways which...
AFTER LONG WAIT, MARATHON EMBRACES REOPENING OF MOVIE THEATER
Marathon Cinema reopens this weekend for a showing of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 12 and 13 with a 7 p.m. seating.
“We’re just starting...
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...
