THIS WEEKEND: MARATHON LIGHTED BOAT PARADES ARE READY TO ROLL
It’s lighted boat parade weekend in Marathon, with Boot Key Harbor and Key Colony Beach set to hold festivities on back-to-back nights on Saturday and Sunday, Dec....
VEHICULAR INSANITY: TRAVIS PASTRANA’S ‘GYMKHANA’ FILM ARRIVES
The opening credits of “Gymkhana 2022: Vacation Shred” introduce the high-octane stunt driving film’s set as the “Home of the Florida Man.”
The 10 minutes of vehicular insanity...
FESTIVUS FOR THE RESTIVUS: CELEBRATING THE ROOTS OF A POP CULTURE HOLIDAY
It’s likely we all have some grievance to air, and as the onslaught of holidays takes hold, there really is no better time. Feeling overfed, overspent and...
IN PICTURES: THE GRINCH VISITS MARATHON’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FOR PET PHOTOS
In one of his rare feats of kindness, the grump with a heart two sizes too small paid a visit to Marathon’s Berkshire Hathaway Home Services office...
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RUN REGISTRATION SET FOR JANUARY
The 42nd Annual 7 Mile Bridge Run will be on April 1, 2023 and plans are to again run from west to east. Registration, which costs $100,...
WILD THINGS: BIRDING WITH THE COSMIC UNCONSCIOUSNESS
I was up on Rockland Key, scanning around with my binoculars, somewhere between the highway, the cockfighting district and the roaring jets at NAS Key West, when...
CAPTAIN JOEL’S FISHIN’ HOLES: SEASONAL BITES IN MARATHON
This is my first edition of Captain Joel's Fishin' Holes in the Marathon Weekly. My number one goal is to keep you, the reader, informed on what's...
FLORIDA KEYS HISTORY: SPONGE WARS IN THE EARLY 1900s PIT GREEKS AGAINST CONCHS
It was May 22, 1914, when Captain Bell of the schooner Amelia wanted to get out of some high winds and set a course for the harbor...
ARTIST’S CORNER: TIPS TO FINDING THE RIGHT ART FOR YOUR WALLS
Our home is our sanctuary. What we hang up in our sanctuary says a lot more than we think.
While we often think about our home and its...
IN PICTURES: SANTA VISITS KIDS & FAMILIES AT MARATHON’S COLDWELL BANKER SCHMITT
A line befitting the First Family of the North Pole wound through the parking lot of Marathon’s Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Company office as hundreds of...
