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ILLEGAL CONTRACTOR FRAUD INVESTIGATION LEADS TO CHAOTIC PURSUIT IN THE UPPER KEYS

Three out-of-county individuals were arrested after they sent various law enforcement agencies on a chaotic chase through the Upper Keys on Monday morning.  Monroe County...
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ISLAMORADA COUNCIL FINALIZES SPENDING PLAN FOR 2025-26

Only six minutes were needed for the Islamorada Village Council to approve a spending plan and property tax rate. No public comment or lengthy debates...
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IN PICTURES: HUNDREDS PARTAKE IN ANNUAL SWIM TO ALLIGATOR LIGHTHOUSE

A kaleidoscope of colors came to life in the Florida Keys on Sept. 13 when hundreds of swimmers put their stamina to the ultimate...
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NEW MUSEUM IN KEY LARGO SHOWCASES LOCAL FIRE RESCUE HISTORY

First responders, local dignitaries and members of the public gathered inside the newly opened Key Largo Volunteer Fire Rescue Museum to remember and honor...
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KEY LARGO MAN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO KILL HIS ROOMMATE WITH A...

A 61-year-old Key Largo man was arrested Tuesday after attempting to shoot his roommate in the head with a crossbow. The Monroe County Sheriff's...
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BEST OF UPPER KEYS RETURNS WITH NOMINATIONS BEGINNING AT NOON ON SEPT. 18

Nominations are near for the annual Best of Upper Keys, where the people decide what businesses, food, people and organizations reign supreme.  Now in its...
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ISLAMORADA CHILD CARE CELEBRATES NEW LOCATION ON PLANTATION KEY

With festive scissors in hand, the Alba family snipped the ribbon in front of their new Islamorada Child Care location on Sept. 2 Formerly located...
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COUNTY COMMISSION REJECTS GIVING FDOT AUTHORITY TO POTENTIALLY FOUR-LANE SEGMENTS OF U.S. 1

Monroe County commissioners unanimously rejected a draft proposal to give the Florida Department of Transportation authority to potentially enlarge segments of U.S. 1 to...
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KEY LARGO MAN WHO ATTEMPTED TO SET LOCAL RESTAURANT ABLAZE SENTENCED TO PRISON

Terry Wayne Moore Jr. has been sentenced for setting multiple fires at the Pilot House restaurant in Key Largo, according to State Attorney Dennis...
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LAW ENFORCEMENT, COMMUNITY MEMBERS GIVE VETERANS A PATRIOTIC SENDOFF BEFORE TRIP TO NATION’S CAPITAL 

They served the country valiantly during the Vietnam era and beyond. On Sept. 6, Monroe County’s most revered veterans flew to the nation’s capital...

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