PRACTICE MAKES THE PLAYER
Upper Keys AYSO (American Youth Soccer Organization) is a 100 percent volunteer organization that runs and manages youth soccer programs for kids ages 4 to 14 years...
It wasn’t the wind, it was the rain. It wasn’t an...
While the winds from Hurricane Florence weren’t catastrophic, the amount of rain that has fallen since Sept. 14 on the Carolinas is. More than 40 inches of...
REEF Fest ahead
By Carmen M. Alex
Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF) will hold its 5th annual REEF Fest with a four-day celebration of marine conservation and education in the Florida...
Crocodile Facts
DOING WELL, THANKS
The American crocodile is an endangered species success story. According to the FWC, since 1975 their numbers have increased from fewer than 300 to more...
VOLUNTEER VILLAGE
The Florida Keys missed out on thousands of volunteer hours after Hurricane Irma hit the Keys. While there were many offers of help, volunteers either had no...
Key by the Sea canal finished, more in the works
“The future is not bleak,” said Marathon City Manager Chuck Lindsey at Tuesday’s City Council meeting in an update about Hurricane Irma recovery and the city’s financial...
First Quarry apartments could be ready next summer
When some tenants are given their keys to The Quarry Apartments on Big Coppitt Key a year from now, their new homes will be the result of...
Rubio, Curbelo and more tour Marathon one year after Irma
On Sept. 10, the anniversary of Hurricane Irma, it was a veritable crush of dignitaries. U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, state Rep. Holly Raschein,...
Masons’ time capsule retrieved before elementary school demolished
Before the final demolition of Stanley Switlik Elementary takes place, the Marathon Mason Lodge 323 helped excavate a time capsule buried in 1971 in one of the...
THE ‘MAVERICK’ & KEY WEST
Here’s a little-known fact: Sen. John McCain (1936-2018) loved Key West and the people in it. He was known to visit at least once a year, but...
