OPINION: SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR OPPOSES AMENDMENT 1 FOR PARTISAN SCHOOL ELECTIONS
Florida school board campaigns have recently become overtly political and, in some cases, downright nasty. Do Floridians want local school board races to become even MORE partisan...
MARATHON BOXING STUDIO PREACHES MENTAL FORTITUDE & POWERFUL PUNCHES
As a dedicated mental health crisis responder, Marathon Boxing Studio co-founder Dwayne Ellis recognizes that the Middle Keys need additional active avenues for teens to vent their...
KEYS HISTORY: CAPTURED SPANIARD SHARES A CALUSA STORY
I spend hours and hours researching the local history and then writing about it, and I do my best to share some history, tell a story and...
MARATHON’S BURSA TAKES THIRD AT MCD OPEN
Two Keys cross country teams dodged finicky September South Florida weather to compete in races last week. Marathon traveled to the Miami Country Day Open, held at...
KEYS HISTORY: PROHIBITION SAW RAIDS & ARRESTS IN KEY WEST
During Prohibition, there was no shortage of places to acquire alcohol in the Florida Keys. Occasionally, federal Prohibition agents visited those places, often referred to as speakeasies,...
HAWKS CAY’S ANNUAL 5K HONORS FIRST RESPONDERS
Running a 5K race is a challenge in and of itself. Running that same race in August in the Florida Keys in full tactical or firefighter gear?...
‘JUST A FEW FRIENDS’ JIMMY BUFFETT TRIBUTE DRAWS THOUSANDS
“And I have been drunk now for over two weeks;I passed out and I rallied and I sprung a few leaks.But I gotta stop wishin', gotta go...
KEYS HISTORY: PROHIBITION BROUGHT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE LIKES OF CAPPONE IN THE KEYS
The National Prohibition Act, also known as the Volstead Act, was named for Andrew J. Volstead, the Minnesota Republican and chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, who...
MORE THAN A FOX SANCTUARY: PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS’S NEW THERAPY DEN BRINGS HUMAN HEALING
For Nicole Navarro, saving foxes that would have otherwise been killed on a fur farm in Minnesota was only the beginning.
The founder of Pawsitive Beginnings in Key...
KEYS HISTORY: AUTHOR NED BUNTLINE PENNED BUFFALO BILL & BLACK CAESAR STORIES
Today, I am going to write about a man who spent time in the Florida Keys in the ’30s. He had a reputation as a fighter, was...
