‘GREAT RESIGNATION’ HITS SCHOOL DISTRICT, WHICH WRESTLES TO FIND TEACHERS
For the first time in a Monroe County school board meeting, district staff brought up the ‘Great Resignation,’ the nationwide trend of workers in many industries quitting...
NEW MARATHON PERMIT PROCESS COULD EXTEND WAIT TIME
The State Department of Economic Opportunity (DEO) has rescinded its 17-year agreement with the City of Marathon concerning permit review. The change means that Marathon permit applicants...
BIZ FEATURE: MAHINA AT ISLA BELLA BEACH RESORT OFFERS UPSCALE PACIFIC RIM DINING
Take the cuisines from every continent touching the Pacific Ocean, blend them together and put them on a plate. That’s the idea at Mahina, Isla Bella Beach...
UKRAINE FINDS LOCAL SUPPORT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Russian vodkas are coming off the shelves for Ukrainian products at the Fish House in Key Largo. At the Southernmost City, city officials plan to fly the...
TENANTS ORDERED OUT AS COCO PLUM APARTMENTS DECLARED UNSAFE
Tenants in Mariners Place, a 15-unit apartment building located at 20 Coco Plum Dr., are scrambling to find a place to live after receiving notification that they...
RILYNN RICHARDS TOPS FLORIDA LEADERBOARD IN DIRT BIKE RACING
The Florida Keys may not be the most hospitable environment for dirt bike racing, but that can’t stop these islands from producing a champion.
Enter Rilynn Richards, a...
RECORD-BREAKING ATHLETE SKATES THE KEYS FOR WATER CHARITY
Here in the Florida Keys, there are many badasses, and we’ve had the privilege at Keys Weekly to write about many of them. But ultra endurance athlete...
DATING IN THE KEYS: POPULAR SPOTS LOCALS MEET THEIR SPECIAL SOMEONE
Booed up. Per that esteemed reference source, UrbanDictionary.com, the term “booed up” means the following: “In a relationship, esp. in the manner that the two involved seem...
MOTORCYCLE GANG IN THE KEYS? SHERIFF RAMSAY HAS STRONG MESSAGE FOR PAGAN’S OUTLAW BIKER...
An outlaw motorcycle gang in the Keys? Really?
Yes, sheriff’s deputies have arrested three members of the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club in the Lower Keys in the past two...
RICHARD MALAFY HONORED WITH THE FLORIDA BAR PRO BONO SERVICE AWARD
When low-income and disadvantaged citizens in Monroe County need assistance, according to the Florida Bar, there is no one better than attorney Richard A. Malafy.
In a Jan....
