IN PICTURES: TAKE STOCK IN CHILDREN SENDS 64 SCHOLARS TO COLLEGE
Take Stock in Children graduates, mentors, friends and family from Key Largo to Key West converged on Marathon High School on the morning of May 18 to...
RAINING CASH: MHS CLASS NIGHT SHOWERS GRADS WITH SCHOLARSHIPS
As is tradition, dozens of Marathon High School seniors will need to back up the Brinks truck following the school’s annual Class Night on May 21. For...
MARATHON UNIFIED SOCCER GETS THE GOLD IN SPECIAL OLYMPICS STATE CONTEST
The Marathon unified soccer team, a group bound together by their love for the game, did not come home empty-handed after leaving the Special Olympics Summer Games...
NEIGHBOR OF THE WEEK: PHIL JONES
No matter how many individuals appear in the pages of each edition of Keys Weekly, there are always so many more of our community members who deserve...
BRAWL THAT LEFT ONE MAN DEAD IN COMMUNITY PARK BEGAN WITH A FIGHT OVER...
A 37-year-old homeless Marathon man is facing murder charges after a fight in Marathon Community Park that began over allegations of stolen valor, according to the Monroe...
CITIZEN’S POLICE ACADEMY LIFTS THE VEIL ON SHERIFF’S OFFICE OPERATIONS
I shot two people a couple of weeks ago in Marathon. I also ticketed the city manager for speeding, toured the jail on Plantation Key and was...
A ‘GOLDEN STANDARD’: MARATHON HIGH HONORS THE CLASS OF 2024
By Alex Rickert and Trinity Jacox
A class of 79 students who began their high school careers with the COVID-19 pandemic walked through the doors of the Marathon...
A GROUNDBREAKING STEP FOR MENTAL HEALTH: THE HERON BEGINS REBUILD IN MARATHON
The Guidance/Care Center broke ground on May 22 on the long-anticipated rebuild project at The Heron, the only state-licensed assisted living facility with a limited mental health...
MARATHON CONTRACTORS DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY IN PERMITS WORKSHOP
Marathon’s internal processes for permit reviews and inspections faced heavy scrutiny from a cohort of frustrated contractors at the city’s monthly workshop on May 28.
The second in...
MOTHER’S DAY DOLPHIN TOURNEY REELS IN $60K FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY
Captain Brad Picariello of Marathon led three of his anglers aboard Outlaw to winning spots during Habitat for Humanity of the Middle Keys’ annual Mother’s Day Dolphin...
