PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT SUPPORTS STUDENTS

The second annual Pickle in Paradise, hosted by the Key Largo Rotary Club, raised more than $12,000 to support scholarships for Upper Keys students...

FKEC UTILIZES HELICOPTER FOR TRANSMISSION LINE INSPECTION IN MIDDLE, UPPER KEYS

Florida Keys Electric Cooperative is conducting its annual helicopter-based inspections and maintenance along U.S. 1. The inspected started the week of March 2, ...

UPPER KEYS FIRE RESCUERS COME TO THE AID OF ANIMALS

Local first responders recently came to the rescue of some animals in the Upper Keys.  Islamorada Fire Chief Terry Abel was supervising the breakdown of...

PLAQUE HONORS THE LATE MERRICK DUNN’S LOVE FOR BASEBALL

As another Upper Keys Little League season began the evening of Feb. 28, a community gathered at the Harry Harris Park ballfields for a...

UPPER KEYS GARDEN CLUB’S 45th ANNUAL TOUR SHOWCASES FOR UNIQUE PROPERTIES

Some of the Upper Keys' more unusual — and distinct — private gardens will be on display during the 45th Garden Walk on Saturday,...

UPPER KEYS FOOD WASTE DROP-OFF PILOT PROGRAM EXTENDED TO FEB. 27

Monroe County, in partnership with SoilMate Composting and sponsored by Baptist Health South Florida, is extending its Upper Keys Food Waste Collection Pilot through...

COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION BACKS NEW MULTIFAMILY TOWNHOME COMPLEX IN KEY LARGO

At a Jan. 29 meeting in Marathon, the Monroe County Planning Commission advanced the development of 79 affordable workforce housing units and two market-rate...

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...

REEF UNVEILS COMMUNITY-BUILT MOSAIC ‘THE OCEAN INSPIRES’ ON FEB. 3

Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) will debut a new collaborative installation in The Ocean Inspires rotating exhibit at the REEF Ocean Exploration Center for Marine Conservation...

AMID COLD TEMPERATURES, WARMING CENTER OPENS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT ON PLANTATION KEY

A local community center will open its door for area residents needing a warm place amid the frigid temperatures hitting the Florida Keys this...