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...
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...
SEVEN MILE BRIDGE RUN WILL HAPPEN NEXT MONTH, FOR RUNNERS REGISTERED LAST YEAR
There’s a sense in the Keys that things are returning to normal, finally: the 7 Mile Bridge Run will take place in 2021. Organizers have announced that...
NEW MARATHON BUSINESS CASTS A FLY
For simplicity’s sake, we’ll call it a fly shop. But it also retails clothing and coolers and is a guide clearing house, fishing travel concierge, gathering spot,...
GOOD GUYS FINISH FIRST: GETTING TO KNOW CONTRACTOR ANDY SEGARD
Andy Segard and his wife, Sadie, moved to Marathon 16 years ago. Since then, he’s slipped seamlessly into Marathon life, fitting in so well he seems like...
BREAKING NEWS: TRUMP COMMUTES 40-YEAR PRISON SENTENCE OF FORMER CAY CLUBS CEO FRED ‘DAVE’...
Does the name Cay Clubs ring a bell?
Anyone who lived in the Florida Keys from 2004 to 2014 likely recalls the now-defunct real estate investment and development...
RENTABOARD: COMPANY ADOPTS BIKE-SHARING MODEL FOR PADDLEBOARDS
It’s like bike sharing, but with stand-up paddleboards. PADL has opened its seventh station in the Florida Keys at the Fiesta Key RV Resort and Marina.
“In fact,...
BREAKING NEWS: CONGRESSMAN CARLOS GIMENEZ SPEAKS WITH KEYS WEEKLY WHILE ON LOCKDOWN AT CAPITOL...
Newly elected U.S. Rep. Carlos Gimenez, whose 26th District includes the Florida Keys, spoke with Keys Weekly while on lockdown Wednesday afternoon during the violent melee at...
Marathon planning council approves RaceTrac redevelopment
On Dec. 14, Marathon’s Planning Commission approved a conditional use for a RaceTrac filling station and convenience store. It would be located across Overseas Highway from Marathon...
Friends to kiteboard from Key Largo to Key West to support mental health
Keys resident Scott Gerke isn’t afraid to discuss what he calls a “sh*t storm of a summer” last year. Spiraling into a dark hole of his own,...
