STATE PARK’S $52 MILLION ATTRACTION REIMAGINES EXPLORATION IN THE FLORIDA KEYS

A new $52.5 million attraction is coming to Key Largo’s John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park with the reimaging of the existing visitor center,...

KEEPING THEM FLYING: REHABILITATED KEY LARGO OSPREY RETURNED TO ITS FAMILY

To see the positive impact the Florida Keys Wild Bird Center has on the Upper Keys community, you need only witness the rescue and...

A KEY LARGO STREET FACES A ‘HOLE’ LOT OF PROBLEMS

A property owner in a small Key Largo neighborhood is seeking a solution to a rough street. During a recent Monroe County Commission meeting in...

IN PICTURES: KEY LARGO GOES GREEN DURING 26th IRISH FEST

Key Largo’s Caribbean Club turned green as the annual Upper Keys Irish Fest brought corned beef and cabbage, cold green beer, live music and...

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...

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...
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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...
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‘OFFICER GRINCH’ DOLES OUT ONIONS INSTEAD OF TICKETS IN KEY LARGO

By Andy Newman Holiday motorists going a bit too fast through a school zone on the Florida Keys Overseas Highway might receive an onion from...
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SHERIFF’S LIEUTENANT JOINS PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS BOARD

Pawsitive Beginnings, a nonprofit fox sanctuary dedicated to animal-assisted therapy and community healing, recently appointed Monroe County Sheriff’s Lt. Mario Benedetti to its board...
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CROCODILE SPEARED IN THE HEAD DIES FOLLOWING MONTHSLONG RECOVERY BATTLE

An American crocodile spotted in a Key Largo canal with a spear lodged in its head in October passed away from complications associated with...