BARTUS WAXES POETIC ABOUT SPRING, REBIRTH, RENEWAL
Spring has sprung,The grass is ris’,I wonder where,The boidies is?– Ode to New Jersey Springtime, author unknown
A recent trip up north to New Jersey...
KEYS 100: RUNNERS TACKLE 50- & 100-MILE RACE THROUGH FLORIDA KEYS
If you heard the “Chariots of Fire” theme song running through your head this past weekend, it was because a group of committed and...
Keys Weekly Athlete of the week
MHS' SPORTS STANDOUT
Michael Merryman
What do you enjoy about being on the football team? I really enjoy seeing everybody get better, every practice. I play...
WILD THINGS: MIGRATING BIRDS, CIVIL WAR REENACTORS & DEAD POETS
Migration was over, at least officially, so a common yellowthroat shouldn’t have been in the seagrape, but there she was, flitting around as if...
DIVE REPORT: ‘VERY’ STRONG WINDS COMING
This Week’s Dive Report
During the week, we had a light chop with about 60 feet of visibility. It was beautiful out on the water....
WINNER, WINNER, LIONFISH DINNER
For a third year in a row (okay, not counting pandemic 2020), team Florida Man crushed it. They took top prize in The Emerald...
MOTE CELEBRATES EXPANSION IN MEETING WITH AREA LEADERS
Area leaders met with Mote Marine Laboratory’s scientists and staff to learn more about programs and progress — notably a new coral nursery expansion...
DEMAND FOR VACCINE IS DROPPING IN THE KEYS
Two. That’s the new number of COVID-19 cases reported by the state Department of Health in Monroe County on May 18. And as the...
WILD THINGS: THESE BIRDS ARE MESSING WITH ME
It’s not often that an animal messes with you just for the fun of it.
Stuart, my half pit bull, used to do it. If...
UPPER KEYS WEEKLY’S STUDENT OF THE WEEK
The Upper Keys Weekly is proud to partner with Ocean Studies Charter School faculty and staff in choosing “The Student of the Week.” Recipients...
