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IN PICTURES: LIGHTHOUSE GLOWS OVER LOCAL VENDORS AT FARO BLANCO

String lights and shopping were the name of the game at Faro Blanco Marina as the Marathon Business and Professional Women lined the docks...
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UNWRAPPING HOLIDAY WASTE: TIPS TO KEEPING THE FLORIDA KEYS GREEN

The holiday rush is here, and with it come mountains of shipping boxes, bubble wrap, shopping bags, food waste, single-use plastics and decorations.  As deliveries...

KEY WEST AUTHOR CONNECTS KEY WEST TO JFK ASSASSINATION

For decades, Key West author and historian David L. Sloan has been known for unearthing the island’s strange mysteries, from the truth behind Robert...
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FUNCTIONALLY CAFFEINATED WELLNESS: THE STRENGTH TO BE GRATEFUL (EVEN WHEN YOU’RE OVER IT)

If you’ve lived in the Keys long enough, you know Thanksgiving hits a little differently down here. While the rest of the country is...
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MARATHON HOLDS OFF CORAL SHORES IN BOYS SOCCER SHOWDOWN

Coral Shores traveled to Marathon on Nov. 17 in hopes of avenging their season-opener loss five days prior. In that matchup, the Hurricanes were...
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NIGHT IN WHITE GALA SUPPORTS ALLIGATOR REEF LIGHTHOUSE RESTORATION

A community decked in white and silver attire enjoyed an evening on Islamorada’s Tea Table Key on Nov. 15, all to support a multi-million-dollar...

KEYS HISTORY: RAGGED, SANDS & BOCA CHITA KEY

My biggest day-to-day challenge is sleep. It used to come easily, and I could sleep for hours at a time.  Circa 2012, the long nights...

TREK ON THE OLD HIGHWAY: ISLAMORADA’S PETER FREZZA CRUISES TO VICTORY

Sounds from an airhorn rang throughout the air as runners and walkers set off from the starting line at Coral Shores High School for...

REEF’S REPORT: WINNING BEST CELEBRITY FOUR STRAIGHT YEARS COMES WITH A MESSAGE 

Hi friends, Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” Well, would you look at that. Your boy Reef has done it again....

ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: ALEX CHAVALA

Alex ChavalaSophomore, MarathonSpecial Olympics Power Lifting “He always works hard and strives to do the best in and out of the gym. He loves working...