A CORAL SHORES TRADITION: SENIORS TOSS CAPS AT ISLAMORADA SANDBAR
Soon-to-be Coral Shores High School graduates gathered at the Islamorada Sandbar on May 11 and tossed their caps into the air as a drone hovered above. The...
SEWER LINE BREAK DIVERTS TRAFFIC IN TAVERNIER
Another year and another sewer line break has occurred in Tavernier.
An alert by the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office went out just after 5 p.m. on May 13...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL APPROVES PURCHASE OF CHURCH PROPERTY FOR $3.9 MILLION
A piece of historic property in Islamorada will switch owners from a local church to the village.
Despite price concerns and questions over the village’s intentions for the...
NAME RELEASED IN FATAL TAVERNIER BOAT CRASH
Monroe County detectives and Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation officers were called to Tavernier’s Old Settlers Park the morning of May 6 after a body was found...
KEYSWIDE BLOOD DRIVE SET FOR MAY 9 IN HONOR OF INJURED DEPUTY
Monroe County Sheriff’s Deputy Julian Garcia has undergone multiple surgeries since a traffic stop in Islamorada one month ago nearly cost him his life.
“I think he’s had...
ISLAMORADA COUNCILMAN SLAPPED WITH FINE FOR ETHICS VIOLATION; ROSENTHAL DENIES WRONGDOING
A state ethics commission levied $2,500 in fines, a public reprimand and censure against Islamorada Councilman Henry Rosenthal following an investigation, which found probable cause he violated...
IGUANA NEST CREATES WEIRD SINKHOLE IN KEYS ROAD
A concerned citizen recently sent Monroe County Mayor Holly Raschein a note of concern regarding a “weird sinkhole” in the road in her Key Largo neighborhood. Monroe...
CUBAN MIGRANTS RESCUED FROM AN UNINHABITED UPPER KEYS ISLAND
A group of Cuban migrants made landfall on an uninhabited Upper Keys island after sailing the treacherous waters off the Florida Keys.
Federal, state and local authorities responded...
FBI AGENTS MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO ISLAMORADA IN JANUARY; WHAT FOR?
Sharon Mahoney was tending to business inside her Islamorada flower shop on a weekend in late January. Around three o’clock, her front door bell rang as a...
KEYS DEPUTY RECOVERING FROM INJURIES IN DRUNK DRIVER CRASH
A Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy was seriously injured April 9 while he was handling a traffic stop on U.S. 1, after a drunk driver struck his...
