DIVE REPORT: UPPER KEYS’ ALEXANDER BARGE IS THE MECCA OF MARINE LIFE
Divers in the Florida Keys experienced pleasant conditions this past week, so good that lots of divers and fishermen were out taking advantage of it.
On numerous reefs...
SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD FILM FEATURES KEYS FISHERMEN
Sereia Films, a local production company focused on seafood education, partnered with the Florida Keys chapter of the Surfrider Foundation to host a lively night dedicated to...
TEAM TROPHY HUNTERS WINS ISLAMORADA SAILFISH TOURNAMENT
The 59th annual Islamorada Sailfish Tournament kicked off at Whale Harbor, hosting 88 anglers. Under rough conditions and tough fishing, anglers competed for three days until lines...
JOYFUL KEYS LIVING: DENISE DOWNING BELIEVES IN THE POSSIBILITIES OF LIFE
Through her expressions, words and actions, it is easy to tell that Denise Downing believes life is grand, full of hope and possibility — and even a...
UPPER KEYS YOUTH SOCCER TEAM WINS COVETED HURRICANE CUP
An Upper Keys girls soccer team remembered its run for the AYSO Hurricane Cup as a U12 squad last year. It ended with a hard-fought second-place finish...
WING FOILING CRAZE SAILS INTO THE UPPER KEYS
Along the shore of Key Largo's Buttonwood Sound, sailing instructor Mari Perez explains the fine details of wing foiling. The equipment is straightforward; an inflatable sail and...
KEYS PEDESTRIAN STRUCK BY TWO VEHICLES INCLUDING A HIT-AND-RUN DRIVER
A 23-year-old Maryland man is in critical condition following a hit-and-run on U.S. 1 at Mile Marker 82 on Dec. 8. Police are seeking the driver of...
CROOKED PALM DISTILLERY PROCEEDS IN ISLAMORADA AFTER CONTENTIOUS DISCUSSION
A newly-seated Islamorada Village Council dug into a contentious major conditional use request with six variances for a brewpub, restaurant and distillery at the former BB&T Bank...
NEW ISLAMORADA COUNCIL SWORN IN
Five Islamorada council members raised their right hand as Monroe County Judge Sharon Hamilton swore them in to their seats to kick off the Dec. 6 meeting....
DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHTS KEYS COMMERCIAL FISHING INDUSTRY
Award-winning environmental journalist and sustainable seafood advocate Sarah Curry has screened her documentaries at film festivals around the world and on PBS. Her nonprofit film production company...
