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...
SUMMER SAILING IS BACK ALONG KEY LARGO’S BUTTONWOOD SOUND
On a sweltering Saturday morning, four young sailors rolled up their sleeves and carefully pulled a dozen Optimist sailboats down from storage racks at...
STATE REVERSES REJECTION OF COUNTY ORDINANCE FOR TAVERNIER PUBLIX-WORKFORCE HOUSING PROJECT
A state department backtracked from its initial rejection of a county-approved ordinance to put a supermarket and workforce housing project back in motion in...
TWO UPPER KEYS RESIDENTS CONTRACT DENGUE FEVER
Two Upper Keys residents are recovering after contracting dengue fever from an Aedes aegypti mosquito bite.
The cases, as announced by the Florida Department of...
FLORIDA LT. GOV. NUÑEZ HIGHLIGHTS KIDS’ WATER SAFETY DURING KEY LARGO VISIT
Florida Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez made a visit to the Upper Keys on July 2 to speak upon the importance of water safety —...
WATER MAIN PROJECT PROGRESSES ON WINDLEY KEY
While traffic may be slow going, work to install a new water line is progressing on Windley Key in Islamorada.
Having completed several miles of...
‘TITANIC’ PRODUCER & FORMER ISLAMORADA RESIDENT JON LANDAU PASSES AWAY AT 63
Former Islamorada resident and Oscar-winning producer Jon Landau passed away at the age of 63 on Friday, July 5.
Alan Bergman, co-chairman for Disney Entertainment,...
HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’S HOUSING PROJECT ON PLANTATION KEY NEARS COMPLETION
First announced more than two years ago, the Habitat for Humanity of the Upper Keys’ (HfHUK) Gardenia development is almost finished.
The affordable-housing complex, located...
WOMAN AIRLIFTED AFTER SHE WAS ELECTROCUTED AT ROWELL’S PARK IN KEY LARGO
A woman was airlifted to a hospital on July 8 following a reported electrocution at Rowell’s Waterfront Park in Key Largo.
The person was situated...
THE KEYS MOURN THE PASSING OF ISLAMORADA RESIDENT & AWARD-WINNING PRODUCER JON LANDAU
Oscar-winning producer and former Florida Keys resident Jon Landau helped captivate a global audience, from the 1997 film “Titanic” to the recent science-fiction thrillers...
