Powering through Key West – Rodrick Cox: A familiar face in new, improved boat races - A man standing in front of a car posing for the camera - Car

Powering through Key West – Rodrick Cox: A familiar face in new, improved boat...

Rodrick Cox is a managing director of Race World Offshore, the organization that took over this year’s production of Key West’s offshore powerboat races. The...
Caffeine Carl: Key West’s own music man - A man wearing a hat - Sunglasses

Caffeine Carl: Key West’s own music man

He got his first guitar on Christmas Eve 1980. Never having had a lesson in his life, Carl Wagoner is entirely self-taught, but considers...
Guess what? Habitat is still helping homeowners recover from Irma - A group of people standing next to a fence - Roof

Guess what? Habitat is still helping homeowners recover from Irma

If you live in Monroe County, you know property is expensive, reliable construction crews are rare, and that a lot of homes are still...
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Accolades for Fern Butters’ Key lime pie, Sombrero (the vanishing) Key & Browne v....

Accolades for Fern Butters’ Key lime pie  While the lovely Barbara Cockerham is Islamorada’s current Key Lime Pie Lady, she was not the first.  The original...
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City of Marathon Turns – Celebrating two decades of local home rule

It was November 1997. People throughout the Keys watched as residents of Islamorada voted to form their own municipal government … and the Village...
Celebrating 20 years: Marathon’s roots traced back to property rights - A group of people posing for the camera - STX IT20 RISK.5RV NR EO

Celebrating 20 years: Marathon’s roots traced back to property rights

While Marathon earned its moniker from the laborers toiling on the Overseas Railway, property rights were the main catalyst for the incorporation of the...
GROWN-UP PARTY GIVES WAY TO YOUNGER CROWD – KIDS COUNT DOWN TO TRICK-OR-TREATING - A close up of a person talking on a cell phone - Painting

MILES TO GO – Halloween Hang-Ups

We don’t get many – or any – trick-or-treaters in my Old Town neighborhood; never have, actually, though I suppose I can’t blame parents...
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PINK ARMY – Inaugural bra walk in Key Largo sees large support

With bras and pink attire, a large contingent came out to take part in the inaugural American Cancer Society Key Largo Bridge Bra Walk...
Awards, awards, awards – Marathon Chamber hosts annual celebration - A group of people posing for the camera - Socialite

Awards, awards, awards – Marathon Chamber hosts annual celebration

On Oct. 18, the Marathon Chamber of Commerce hosted a party for hundreds of members at Hawks Cay to present the new board, chairman...
CELEBRATING CONSERVATION DECK: REEF Fest brings education, adventure - A group of people in a small boat in a body of water - Sea kayak

CELEBRATING CONSERVATION – REEF Fest brings education, adventure

REEF hosted its annual celebration of marine conservation in Key Largo on Oct. 17-20 and welcomed attendees from around the globe. The events were...