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GO BIG OR GO HOME: BIG BITE BURGER IS A MUST-TRY TRUCK

A new culinary hot spot has rolled into Marathon, offering a menu that promises to satisfy the taste buds of the most serious of...
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MARATHON COMMUNITY HONORS 9/11 VICTIMS AND HEROES

Marathon paid tribute to one of the darkest, but most unifying, days in U.S. history with a memorial service to commemorate the lives lost...
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SCOTT WILLIAMSON’S JOURNEY IN RECREATION BEGAN IN UNLIKELY PLACES

He’s the ringmaster of recreation over at Marathon Community Park, but many may be surprised to find that before his career as a banker,...
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NO TAX INCREASE FOR 2026, MARATHON COUNCIL SAYS

Marathon will look to spend down its year-plus of reserve funds in an effort not to raise taxes in 2025-26, the city council concluded...
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NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: MARISSA SIVYER

No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community...
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PLANTATION TEEN DIES FOLLOWING A DIVE IN THE MIDDLE FLORIDA KEYS

 A 17-year-old Plantation male died on Sept. 13 following a dive on a hookah rig on the oceanside off Grassy Key in the Middle...
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ROTARY CLUB OF MARATHON WELCOMES NEW COMPANION CLUB FOR EVENING MEETINGS

The Rotary Club of Marathon has been part of the Middle Keys community since 1961, quietly working behind the scenes to lend a helping...
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LOCALS COOL OFF WITH GRAY FACES AT DOLPHIN RESEARCH CENTER’S RESIDENT APPRECIATION DAY

Offer Florida Keys locals the chance to get a free personal meet-and-greet with charismatic gray faces, and you’re bound to get a full house....
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COUNTY COMMISSION REJECTS GIVING FDOT AUTHORITY TO POTENTIALLY FOUR-LANE SEGMENTS OF U.S. 1

Monroe County commissioners unanimously rejected a draft proposal to give the Florida Department of Transportation authority to potentially enlarge segments of U.S. 1 to...
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SUNSHINE LAW WARNINGS STYMIE COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUMS

As Middle Keys voters prepare for an election that could seat up to three new faces on the Marathon City Council, concerns over Sunshine...