SUICIDE PREVENTION MONTH; LOOK OUT FOR KIDS, TOO
By Alexsa Leto
As we all continue to navigate the pandemic and economic downturn together, more attention is being given to issues of anxiety and...
$159M investment: Marathon, it’s kinda a big deal
Irma, COVID-19, dengue fever, murder hornets, and whatever else comes our way has nothing on what’s happening in our islands of Marathon. Marathon has...
This is what micro-schooling looks like at the Keys Weekly office
I have already issued one unexcused absence. Max Childress, the 12-year-old son of Patti Childress, a Keys Weekly sales executive, decided not to come...
Opinion: Biscayne Bay a warning for Florida Bay
Things are looking pretty grim on Biscayne Bay. Images of dead fish floating in what should be lush and biodiverse habitat harken back to...
Mosquito chairman explains GMM position
On Aug. 18, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) Board of Commissioners voted 4 to 1 to approve a trial using Oxitec’s second...
Opinion: Chaos in the U. S. Postal system
I'm in New York doing some personal business. Knowing that I won't be in Key West on Tuesday, August 18th — election day — ...
This summer, skip the fertilizer
There’s one garden project that you should skip this summer: fertilizing. As a resident of the Keys, you may be thinking “I haven’t used...
Goodbye to Mark Porter
This is the week when we say goodbye to Mark Porter, our superintendent of schools.
As president of the Monroe Education Foundation that operates the...
The Hearing Impaired are Struggling
It appears the act of wearing a mask is going to be with us for a while. The Florida Keys, my home, is home to...
OPINION – Cruise ship referendums neither a compromise, nor smart
The Key West Citizen’s June 13th editorial declaring the proposed cruise ship referendums to be “genuine compromise” is misleading to Key West voters. It...
