KEYS’ STATE LEGISLATORS SEEK $20M ANNUALLY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
Legislators in the Florida House and Senate are beginning to file funding requests and proposed policy changes as a 60-day session in Tallahassee starts March 7. Committees...
ISLAMORADA MANAGER DELIVERS STATE OF THE VILLAGE ADDRESS TO PACKED ROOM
Islamorada Village Manager Ted Yates couldn’t believe the turnout as he stood before a group of local leaders inside the Islamorada Fish Club on Jan. 11 for...
SHALOM, SYLVIA: CELEBRATION OF LIFE HONORS KEYS COMMISSIONER
Pastor Kerry Foote wasn’t going to talk about former Monroe County Commissioner Sylvia Murphy in the past tense during a celebration of life on Dec. 19 inside...
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....
FLORIDA KEYS COMMISSIONER SYLVIA MURPHY REMEMBERED AS THE ‘ULTIMATE PUBLIC SERVANT’
Former Monroe County Commissioner Sylvia Murphy was instrumental in brokering a deal for Rowell’s Park in Key Largo. She also played a pivotal role in saving lives...
ISLAMORADA DISTILLERY DEVELOPMENT UP FOR DISCUSSION NEXT MONTH
A new Islamorada council seated Dec. 6 will consider whether development of a distillery moves forward at the former BB&T Bank building on Plantation Key.
Specifically, council members...
TWO COUNCILMEN BID FAREWELL IN FINAL ISLAMORADA COUNCIL MEETING
An Islamorada council that shut down construction of a pedestrian bridge over U.S. 1 and grappled with hirings and resignations of top staff convened for a final...
MACHINE RECOUNT SET FOR CLOSE ISLAMORADA SEAT RACE
Four votes separated current vice mayor Henry Rosenthal from former councilwoman Deb Gillis following a machine recount on Nov. 11 at the county supervisor of elections office...
BY THE NUMBERS: KEYS WEEKLY’S 2022 ELECTION COVERAGE
Voters in Florida and the Keys kept their governor, their U.S. senator, their South Florida U.S. congressman and their Florida Keys state representative, all of whom are...
PINDER, GREGG, ROSENTHAL, JOLIN & MAHONEY ELECTED TO ISLAMORADA COUNCIL
Islamorada voters elected three male incumbents and two female newcomers to the village council on Election Night. The new dais will take their seats during a Dec....
