COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE RENT CHANGE AT VACANT SOUTHCLIFF ESTATES IN KEY LARGO
Newly-constructed apartment units in Key Largo — bought by Monroe County last year for $7.5 million — still remained vacant as commissioners convened for their...
MOM & BABY MANATEE GO HOME FOLLOWING RELEASE AT PENNEKAMP STATE PARK
On Jan. 28, Dolphin Research Center’s manatee rescue team, in partnership with SeaWorld Orlando and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, successfully released...
KEY LARGO FIRE RESCUE OFFER BURN PREVENTION TIPS
The American Burn Association has identified Feb. 1-7 as National Burn Awareness Week, and the Key Largo Fire Rescue and EMS District wants to...
FLORIDA KEYS OFFICIALS SET TO VISIT STATE CAPITOL WITH A LIST OF CRITICAL PRIORITIES
By Jim McCarthy, Alex Rickert and Mandy Miles
A large contingent of Florida Keys officials will make the trek to Tallahassee to advocate on key...
SCHOOL BOARD APPROVES FINAL DESIGN FOR FOUNDERS BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS
By Frank Derfler and Jim McCarthy
Monroe County school board members unanimously approved a final design for $5.6 million in improvements to the baseball field...
KEY PLAYERS BRINGS ‘MONTY PYTHON’S EDUKATIONAL SHOW’ TO THE STAGE BEGINNING JAN. 29
“Monty Python’s Edukational Show” is an irreverent series of sketches, songs and one-liners promising to leave audiences rolling in the aisles.
“I sit there and...
S.O.A.R. BRINGS AN URCHIN CLEANING CREW TO KEY LARGO’S HORSESHOE REEF
As coral restoration practitioners work to repair the Keys’ most treasured reef sites, a first-of-its-kind sea urchin release hopes to keep those reefs in...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL SELECTS CHARTER REVIEW COMMITTEE MEMBERS
A group of residents will be tasked with reviewing Islamorada’s village charter, following their appointments by the council at its Jan. 8 meeting.
Each of...
LARGEST YOUTH SAILING REGATTA IN THE FLORIDA KEYS RETURNS LATER THIS MONTH
Some 200 young sailors from around the state and beyond will be tacking and jibing this month along Blackwater Sound in Key Largo.
The 17th...
MONROE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HOLDS ANNUAL INSPECTIONS
Monroe County Sheriff’s deputies and investigators in the Ocean Reef, Key Largo and Islamorada districts convened at the parking lot near the old Plantation...
