Bring your wish lists to city workshop
Marathon residents are strongly encouraged to show up on with “wish lists” in hand on Thursday, Jan. 17 for a special call meeting of the Marathon City...
Birth Announcement
Micah Scott Cox was born Dec. 29, 2012 in Lakeland, Fla. and immediately placed in the welcoming arms of his adoptive parents, Patricia and Jeffery Cox of...
Infrastructure Investments; Marathon eyes sewer finish line
It’s done.
The construction of Marathon’s wastewater and stormwater project is largely complete. The sewage treatment plants for areas 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Little Venice are...
KAIR numbers keep climbing
On average, KAIR serves about 45 people a day and distributes about 12,000 pounds of food a month. Think about that number: 12,000 pounds. That’s about 400...
Hotel room construction set to begin
If everything goes according to plan, Marathon hoteliers will build 220 brand new hotel rooms in 2013 — and that’s a conservative estimate. In addition to the...
Co-existing with the crocodile
Just recently, officials removed an 11-foot crocodile from Key Largo. And last week, Marathon resident Jim Tashijan called The Weekly to report seeing two different crocodiles in...
Whitefly situation improving
Since 2009 when the first report of a whitefly surfaced in Miami-Dade County, the epidemic has spread across the islands of Monroe County and left residents and...
Mobile food vending permitted
Rev. Kevin Patterson and his wife, Sherry, would very much like to relocate to the Florida Keys. But without the opportunity to generate some additional income with their shaved ice truck, they’d likely have to reconsider their move.
Fishermen’s Community Hospital Welcomes New Physician
Fishermen’s Community Hospital is pleased to announce the hiring of Surgeon Reza Keshavarzi, MD. Keshavarzi joined the practice of Steve Smith, MD in November 2011. Keshavarzi arrived...
Waiting on a chief
Hernstadt to choose from final four
Nearly two-dozen firefighters and paramedics heard from the final four candidates in line to be their new chief Tuesday night during Marathon’s...
