BOCC meets Wednesday – Canals, housing on agenda
Affordable housing and Keys-wide canal cleanup top the agenda ahead of Wednesday’s Board of County Commissioners meeting in Marathon.
The county has received a grant award of $49.2...
ANOTHER PARK? – Council makes offer on Quay property
The Quay property next to the Island Fish Co. in Marathon could soon be under the ownership of the City of Marathon.
After hearing from City Manager Chuck...
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 they will not...
Clinic expands territory
“On the first day we open, we want to have a full day of appointments,” said Kate Banick, executive director of the Good Health Clinic.
The clinic has...
Modular move in – Fishermen’s temporary hospital opens
A new chapter has begun for Baptist Health South Florida, which welcomed its first patient July 23 at the modular facility on the Fishermen’s Community Hospital grounds...
Nothing’s free
It is almost impossible to gauge how many people have moved out of the Keys since Hurricane Irma, but Monroe County Commissioners say, “We’re losing people everywhere.”
More...
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. She is a...
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 a completely new...
And then there were four – Kissick qualifies to run for Marathon City Council
Marathon resident John Kissick calls himself an average, hard-working citizen without political ties or “cronies to answer to.”
The business owner qualified Aug. 10 to run for the...
Baptist officials answer residents about new hospital tax
Talk of a Middle Keys taxing district to support Fishermen’s Community Hospital in Marathon has been ongoing for five months now.
In an effort to increase transparency, hospital...
