Marathon Airport Celebrates 75 Years of Aviation - A group of people standing around a plane - Florida Keys/Marathon International Airport

Marathon Airport Celebrates 75 Years of Aviation

The community is invited for a day full of fun at Florida Keys Marathon International Airport, Oct. 20 to celebrate 75 years of its...
Marathon celebrates its best - A group of people posing for a photo - Weekly Newspapers

Marathon celebrates its best

On Sept. 29, about 150 Marathon citizens (maybe more than that, whatever the maximum occupancy sign says) gathered for the annual Best of Marathon...
Best of Marathon This Weekend:  Bartender Finalists Mix it Up - A man holding a wine glass - Weekly Newspapers

Best of Marathon This Weekend: Bartender Finalists Mix it Up

Best restaurant and best resort are important categories in the annual Best of Marathon people’s choice awards. But nothing is more significant and momentous...
New Drop-off Rules at Stanley Switlik - A close up of a map - Design

New Drop-off Rules at Stanley Switlik

The entire Stanley Switlik Elementary campus has been reconfigured. When parents arrive on Wednesday, Aug. 15 to drop off their children, it will be...
BMCM Timaree Sparks takes charge of Coast Guard Station Marathon - A man holding a glass of orange juice - U.S. Coast Guard Station Marathon

BMCM Timaree Sparks takes charge of Coast Guard Station Marathon

In mid-July, Coast Guard Station Marathon received a new chief. Master Chief Timaree Sparks (pronounced Tim-ah-ree), took the helm of the Middle Keys facility....
The future of health care – Baptist releases rendering of new Marathon hospital - A palm tree in front of a house - Fishermen’s Community Hospital

Taxing district approved

Public speakers came out in droves Wednesday to tell county commissioners they want a referendum in the Middle Keys’ new hospital taxing district, but...
Onward and upward - A person sitting at a table with a laptop - Netbook

FUNDS FOR FISHERMEN’S

Oh, the power of Facebook. During Kimberly Gregory’s Hurricane Irma experience, the Marathon resident and Fishermen’s Community Hospital manager posted often about evacuation, then about...
STANLEY SWITLIK GETS SRO - A man standing in front of a fence - Stanley Switlik Elementary

STANLEY SWITLIK GETS SRO

Sgt. Spencer Bryan was greeting children this morning (May 14) at Stanley Switlik Elementary. Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said he will be putting...
HOMETOWN HERO - A group of people posing for a picture - Marathon

HOMETOWN HERO

On Saturday morning, at 8:01 a.m., Aydan Child, 17, was the first finisher of the 37th annual 7 Mile Bridge Run. He is the...
Permit fees go down, food truck hours go up - A person holding a plate of food - Marathon

Permit fees go down, food truck hours go up

On March 27, the Marathon City Council rolled up its sleeves and went to work. The issue of permit fees, raised last month to...

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