KEY LARGO ‘CELEBRATING FREEDOM’ PARADE BRINGS FLOATS & FUN
A procession of patriotic floats will take to U.S. 1 for the 47th annual Key Largo Chamber of Commerce's Fourth of July Parade. And a pair of...
NEW ISLAND MUSIC SCHOOL COMES TO THE UPPER KEYS
Local musician and Monroe County firefighter Luke Ptomey has big plans for Island Music School, which he and his wife, Melissa, are launching this August.
The school will...
NORTH CAROLINA MAN DIES WHILE DIVING THE DUANE WRECK OFF KEY LARGO
A busy Memorial Day Weekend on the water resulted in the death of a Mooresville, North Carolina man.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, 65-year-old Perry Lane...
STATE AGENCY ISSUES ‘WARNING LETTER’ TO FKAA OVER PIPELINE CONDITIONS
A state agency tasked with protecting Florida’s water resources recently issued a “warning letter” to the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority over its deteriorating water system.
Possible violations were...
MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS AHEAD FOR PROPOSED TAVERNIER PUBLIX & KEY LARGO 7-ELEVEN
Increased traffic, fears over more accidents and concerns over the quality of life for a number of neighborhoods have swirled around two massive development proposals in the...
KEYS MARINE WORKER KILLED AFTER CRANE FALLS INTO WATER
A 29-year-old Homestead man died on March 21 after a construction crane fell over in Key Largo.
According to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office, Jose Eduardo Reyes Ponce...
RETIRED U.S. NAVY COMMANDER BEGINS 100-DAY STAY BENEATH THE KEY LARGO DEPTHS
Just as he had done thousands of times since the age of 10, at 9:30 a.m. on March 1, Joseph Dituri stood at the edge of the...
RETIRED NAVY COMMANDER ATTEMPTS WORLD-RECORD UNDERWATER STAY IN KEY LARGO
By Jacqueline Hale
Ten-year-old Joseph Dituri could not hold his breath long enough to unscrew the zinc tab from the bottom of his father’s boat. After a...
TRAFFIC CONCERNS SWIRL AROUND KEY LARGO 7-ELEVEN DEVELOPMENT
A project to transform a Key Largo clothing store into a gas station and convenience store largely meets Monroe County development code, according to county staff at...
ROUGHLY 100 HAITIANS SWIM TO SHORE AFTER BOAT GROUNDS OFF KEY LARGO
Federal and local resources are being stretched thin as high numbers of Cuban and Haitian migrants continue to arrive in the Florida Keys in 2023. It continued...
