KEYS CANDIDATE SEEKING STATE OFFICE DISQUALIFIED
Before a qualifying period concluded on June 14, Key Largo resident Jose Peixoto withdrew his name for the county commission’s District 5 seat to challenge Republican incumbent...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL APPROVES PURCHASE OF CHURCH PROPERTY FOR $3.9 MILLION
A piece of historic property in Islamorada will switch owners from a local church to the village.
Despite price concerns and questions over the village’s intentions for the...
FBI AGENTS MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO ISLAMORADA IN JANUARY; WHAT FOR?
Sharon Mahoney was tending to business inside her Islamorada flower shop on a weekend in late January. Around three o’clock, her front door bell rang as a...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL APPROVES NEW MANAGER’S CONTRACT
Islamorada council members wasted no time in approving a contract for Robert Cole, the new village manager who was selected last month following a months-long search. Following...
ISLAMORADA PICKS ROB COLE AS NEXT MANAGER
Islamorada village council members rebounded from their inability to select a permanent village manager at a meeting last month. The council successfully revived a failed motion and...
COUNCIL STARTS NEW YEAR WITH CHANGE TO VESSEL EXCLUSION ZONE OFF LOWER MATECUMBE KEY
Islamorada council members welcomed a new interim village manager, considered several ordinances and delved into various discussions during the first meeting of 2024.
Inside the Founders Park Community...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL REVERSES COURSE ON TERM-LIMIT PROPOSAL
Displays of division and dysfunction were witnessed on occasions inside Founders Park Community Center as the Islamorada council conducted its business in 2023. But there was a...
ORNAMENT COMPETITION ADDS COLOR TO ISLAMORADA’S HOLIDAY FEST
More than 50 artists will take part in the ornament competition and online auction at the 19th annual Islamorada Holiday Fest on Friday, Dec. 1. The event,...
VILLAGE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES PROPOSAL GOES BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD
A newly-seated Islamorada planning committee sent a proposed art in public places ordinance back to the drawing board at a Nov. 13 meeting at Founders Park Community...
CANDIDATES INTERVIEW FOR ISLAMORADA VILLAGE MANAGER
Candidates for the Islamorada manager job met with the village council on Zoom for interviews on Nov. 14. Five members on the council must decide who will...
