MEMORIAL DAY SERVICE HONORS THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE
The superb coverage provided by the Upper Keys Weekly for our Memorial Day Ceremony ensured the near-capacity crowd at the auditorium inside the Murray Nelson Government Center...
CONCHS FOCUS ON FORM & TECHNIQUE IN RED-WHITE SHOWCASE
Key West held its annual Red-White game on May 23, electing to forgo an outside competitor and instead participating in an intrasquad scrimmage.
Head coach Johnny Hughes explained...
A ‘GOLDEN STANDARD’: MARATHON HIGH HONORS THE CLASS OF 2024
By Alex Rickert and Trinity Jacox
A class of 79 students who began their high school careers with the COVID-19 pandemic walked through the doors of the Marathon...
WILD THINGS: BIRDS & STORMS
Birds are not necessarily the first thing on most people’s minds when a hurricane is churning toward them. But birders have some unique personalities, and I’ve received...
KEYS HISTORY: TALKING PIRACY & SMUGGLING AT A HEMINGWAY SEMINAR IN … IDAHO?
I was invited to speak at the 2024 Ernest Hemingway Seminar at the Community Library in Ketchum, Idaho. Hemingway’s last home was in Ketchum, and it was...
JOHN BARTUS: SLOGAN SILLINESS
“It’s not just for breakfast any more!” The Florida Orange Juice Growers (or more likely, their ad agency) created this slogan to try to expand the orange...
FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: WHEN A SNEEZE DROPS YOU TO YOUR KNEES
It was 2006 when I swiftly realized that a toddler could put you in an ambulance and set you on a course of muscle relaxers, chiropractic appointments...
KEYS WOMAN MAGAZINE: DOLLAR SIGNS: FINANCIAL ADVICE FOR THE ZODIAC
Something as artificial and terrestrial as money may seem like an insignificant topic for the planets to have any bearing on. I mean, do cosmic bodies and...
ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: MIKKEL ROSS
Mikkel RossSenior, MarathonTrack & Field
“Mikkel has always been a leader on the team. She was always there to encourage the other girls, but all while maintaining hard...
‘CANES BEST MIAMI BEACH 20-7 IN SPRING FOOTBALL SHOWDOWN
Coral Shores’ first opponent wisely backed out of a spring matchup, setting the ’Canes scrambling for an opponent. They found one in the Hi-Tides of Miami Beach,...
