ISLAMORADA COUNCIL HOPEFULS TO OUTLINE PRIORITIES AT OCT. 1 FORUM
The Islamorada Chamber of Commerce will host a village council candidate forum on
Tuesday, October 1, at 5:30 p.m. The event will be held in the community room...
HELICOPTER PILOT INTERCEPTS BOAT SPEEDING TOWARD ALLIGATOR LIGHTHOUSE SWIMMERS
Quick thinking by a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) helicopter pilot is credited with preventing tragedy in Islamorada.
On Sept. 7, officials with the U.S. Coast...
IN PICTURES: FOUNDERS BREAKWATER RESTORATION IS UNDERWAY IN ISLAMORADA
A massive restoration of an aged breakwater is underway at Islamorada’s Founders Park. During a June meeting, Islamorada council members unanimously approved Tavernier-based Adventure Environmental to conduct...
IN PICTURES: SHERIFF’S OFFICE & PARTNERS HOST NATIONAL NIGHT OUT IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
Kids and families got their fill of fancy lights, vehicles, aircraft and equipment as law enforcement agencies and community partners throughout the Keys celebrated National Night Out...
SQUIRREL SPOTTED WITH BLOW DART THROUGH ITS BODY IN ISLAMORADA
Islamorada resident Glenda Soler was beside herself when she spotted a squirrel with a blow dart through its body some eight months ago.
Fast forward to Sunday, Aug....
TWO UPPER KEYS RESIDENTS CONTRACT DENGUE FEVER
Two Upper Keys residents are recovering after contracting dengue fever from an Aedes aegypti mosquito bite.
The cases, as announced by the Florida Department of Health in Monroe...
ENVIRONMENT & PROPERTY INSURANCE AMONG ISLAMORADA’S PRIORITIES FOR STATE LAWMAKERS IN 2025
The Islamorada Village Council hosted a workshop to go over legislative priorities for an upcoming 2025 state session in Tallahassee. Held June 11, the gathering served to...
KEYS CORAL RESTORATION GROUP GETS ‘LIFE-CHANGING’ DONATION FROM FORMER NFL TEAM CO-OWNER
At the end of March, Mike Goldberg, co-founder of I.CARE and owner of Key Dives, got a call “out of the blue” from someone who’d seen him...
COAST GUARD RESCUES DRIFTING FREEDIVERS OFF ISLAMORADA
A Coast Guard Station Islamorada boat crew rescued two men on May 16 after they drifted away from their vessel while diving near Tennessee Reef.
Coast Guard Sector...
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...
