CORAL SHORES HIGH SCHOOL AND FIRST RESPONDERS COMMEMORATE 9/11
While the courtyard at Coral Shores High School was surrounded by 2,977 small American flags, the students and staff stood silently in honor of...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL SETS TENTATIVE $65 MILLION SPENDING PLAN, TAX RATE
Islamorada council members recently approved a tentative $60-million-plus spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year.
A tentative millage rate for the 2025-26 fiscal year, which...
CONCERTS CELEBRATE HISPANIC HERITAGE SEPT. 13 AT FLORIDA KEYS BREWING CO.
Miami’s premier Cuban folk music ambassadors Cortadito will celebrate the release of their new album The Guajiro Triangle and honor Cuban music icons the...
HISTORICAL PRESERVATION SOCIETY OF THE UPPER KEYS PROGRAM RECALLS HURRICANE DONNA
The Historical Preservation Society of the Upper Keys will recount a major hurricane that hit the Upper Keys some 65 years ago.
Set for Monday,...
COMMUNITY TO REMEMBER LIVES LOST IN DEVASTATING 1935 HURRICANE DURING CEREMONY IN ISLAMORADA
Ninety years later, a community still gathers to remember the hundreds of lives lost in the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane.
Many who perished were World...
ISLAMORADA LIBRARY TO UNDERGO MAKEOVER BEGINNING MID-SEPTEMBER
The Monroe County Public Library’s Islamorada branch will close for about five weeks, starting Sept. 15, to receive extensive interior repairs and a refresh,...
ISLAMORADA TASK FORCE WEIGHS IN ON FOUNDERS BALLFIELD PROJECT
New site plan renderings show what $6.1 million in upgrades could do for the Founders Park ballfield, home to the Coral Shores High School...
SOME 55 POUNDS OF COCAINE FOUND NEAR ISLAMORADA MARINA
Several bricks of suspected cocaine were discovered not far from a popular joint in Islamorada on Aug. 16.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office,...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL MULLS SPENDING CUTS AHEAD OF FIRST PUBLIC HEARING
A citizens budget task force scrutinized the Village of Islamorada’s overtime spending and benefits package for employees, which included the taxpayer footing 97% of...
SPECIAL TOURS THROUGH HISTORY OF DIVING MUSEUM HIGHLIGHT HISTORIC DEEP SEA EXPLORATION
On Aug. 15, 1934, William Beebe and Otis Barton shattered records when they descended to 3,028 feet in their unpowered submersible, the Bathysphere. The...
