SWITLIK THESPIANS TAKE A TRIP TO THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY IN ‘WILLY WONKA KIDS’
The world’s most famous candyman and his worthy successor – along with a full host of Oompa Loompas – are set to light up the stage at...
MARATHON CITY COUNCIL TACKLES INJECTION WELL SITE & FINALIZES HOTEL ORDINANCE
A light agenda for the Marathon City Council’s April session saw a quiet close to a hotly-debated hotel and motel ordinance, as well as renewed debate over...
MARATHON HIGH DRAMA CLUB PUTS ON THEIR BOOGIE SHOES FOR ‘SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER’
Bring your “Boogie Shoes” and get ready for a weekend of “Disco Inferno” at Marathon High School. The drama club has a serious case of “Saturday Night...
TRASH YOUR OLD TIRES — RESPONSIBLY — DURING COUNTY’S 3 FREE TIRE DISPOSAL DAYS
Monroe County County Solid Waste, partnering with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, will host three free Earth Day Tire Amnesty events for Monroe County residents with...
FUGITIVE MARATHON PASTOR WANTED FOR ASSAULTING 15-YEAR-OLD CAUGHT IN TEXAS
A Marathon pastor facing charges for molesting a 15-year-old girl has been apprehended in Texas just four days after skipping his April 1 arraignment, Monroe County Sheriff...
KIDS DESCEND ON ROTARY PARK FOR MARATHON CLUB’S ANNUAL EASTER EGG HUNT
It may have taken Marathon’s Rotarians hours to fill and hide thousands of eggs in every nook and cranny of Children’s Rotary Park. But once the floodgates...
40 YEARS OF ‘THE PIG’: MARATHON BREAKFAST EATERY LOOKS BACK THROUGH THE DECADES
For Stuffed Pig co-owners Mike Cinque and Karen Dennis, a broken A/C in their restaurant isn’t the massive setback it used to be in 1984. But after...
MARATHON PASTOR ON THE RUN AFTER SKIPPING SEXUAL ASSAULT ARRAIGNMENT
A Marathon pastor accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl is now on the run from authorities after skipping his arraignment, State Attorney Dennis Ward confirmed to...
BREAKING: MARATHON TO CONVERT SOMBRERO BOULEVARD FLOODING TO NATURAL TIDAL LAGOON
In a shocking turn of events, the city of Marathon will redevelop a constantly-flooded portion of Sombrero Boulevard as a “natural, tidal community lagoon” by the end...
35 MARATHON NONPROFITS VIE FOR $150K IN CITY GRANTS
Middle Keys nonprofit representatives filled the Marathon City Council chambers on March 25 to make their cases as council members prepared to evaluate applications for the city’s...
