OPINION: COUNTY SHOULD SUPPORT ASSISTED CARE
Dear Editor:
The Monroe County Commission indicates it may no longer support assisted care.
I get the feeling that after over 60 years the Monroe County Commission is withdrawing...
IN THEIR WORDS: LAVARSKI SMITH TAKES HELM OF COCA-COLA IN THE KEYS
Effective Saturday, July 3, Lavarski Smith will be the newly minted director of Coca-Cola in the Florida Keys. He’s a homegrown, true-blood, Middle Keys local, married to...
OPINION: A RETURN TO CRUISES & SMOOTH SAILINGS
Dear Editor:
Now that the legislation superseding the city-imposed restrictions on cruise ship traffic into Key West is reality, what should the community do? To achieve a reasonable...
KEY WEST SHELTER CAT MAKES OUR HOME HERS
Our new roommate sleeps in a wastepaper basket (after she knocks it over to empty it).
She follows us into the kitchen. On every trip — no exceptions....
WILD THINGS: THE AFTERNOON THAT HASN’T ENDED
It was mid June, hot as Hades and I was on the sidewalk outside of Harpoon Harry’s after lunch.
This was three years ago.
The heat was that all-encompassing,...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I encourage every neighborhood in the Keys, to start their own community organization. If you already have one, I suggest you join and become active, in...
$159M investment: Marathon, it’s kinda a big deal
Irma, COVID-19, dengue fever, murder hornets, and whatever else comes our way has nothing on what’s happening in our islands of Marathon. Marathon has been growing and...
This is what micro-schooling looks like at the Keys Weekly office
I have already issued one unexcused absence. Max Childress, the 12-year-old son of Patti Childress, a Keys Weekly sales executive, decided not to come to the office...
Opinion: Biscayne Bay a warning for Florida Bay
Things are looking pretty grim on Biscayne Bay. Images of dead fish floating in what should be lush and biodiverse habitat harken back to a time just...
Mosquito chairman explains GMM position
On Aug. 18, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to approve a trial using Oxitec’s second generation Genetically Modified...
