HOSPITALS CEO TO SERVE AS ADVISOR FOR BAPTIST HEALTH SUNRISE

Drew Grossman, CEO for Baptist Health’s Florida Keys hospitals, will take on an additional role at a neighboring facility. On March 23, Baptist Health leadership...

VINTAGE DIVE DAY SET FOR APRIL 11 AT KEY LARGO’S MARINELAB UNDERSEA PARK

Those who wish to see diving equipment like that used by Lloyd Bridges or Zale Perry, the late actors from “Sea Hunt,” or famed...

RECENT PURSUIT HIGHLIGHTS POPULAR, YET ILLEGAL ELECTRIC DIRT BIKES ON SIDEWALKS & STREETS

Sidewalks and shared paths off U.S. 1 aren’t just seeing walkers, runners and bikes pedaled by the rider.  Throughout the island chain, more motorized bikes...

WISCONSIN TEEN ARRESTED FOR REPORTEDLY FLEEING POLICE ON ELECTRIC DIRT BIKE

A 17-year-old Wausau, Wisconsin male was arrested on Saturday in Islamorada’s Indian Mound subdivision for DUI and other offenses after fleeing from sheriff’s deputies...

SWIM AT FOUNDERS PARK BEACH RAISES FUNDS FOR CANCER RESEARCH ON APRIL 18

Swim Across America-Florida Keys, which has raised almost half a million dollars for cancer research, is having its fifth annual open-water swim this year...

VILLAGE OF ISLAMORADA SEEKING TO RESTORE SEA OATS BEACH THROUGH STABILIZATION PROJECT

Sea Oats Beach eroded away with each passing storm. Now, village officials are seeking a restoration project to stabilize the shoreline, between MM 74.5...

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...

FOUNDERS BASEBALL FIELD IMPROVEMENTS STALL AMID DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VILLAGE, SCHOOL DISTRICT

An agreement is stalling between the Village of Islamorada and Monroe County School District to implement more than $5 million in improvements to the...

MANATEES RESCUED IN THE KEYS & REHABBED IN MARATHON GET A SECOND-CHANCE SWIM

Two manatees rescued as youngsters are back in their home Keys waters, thanks to two Middle Keys rescue and rehab groups and statewide partnerships. On...
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INDIAN MAN DIES WHILE DIVING OFF KEY LARGO

A 43-year-old man from India died on Wednesday morning after he was diving on Molasses Reef off Key Largo. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's...