HUMOR: 10 MOST INTERESTING TAKEAWAYS FROM THE PGA’S MERGER WITH SAUDI-BACKED LIV GOLF
Just 18 months ago, LIV Golf, the Saudi-backed professional golf league, formed and lured some of the sport’s top players away from the PGA, paying hundreds of...
JOHN BARTUS: A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANNOYING KEYS CRITTERS
Visitors to our islands (The Fabulous Florida Keys®) often notice that the various types of wildlife that inhabit these coral rocks are different from the species they...
CASTAWAYS AGAINST CANCER EMBARK ON 2023 ‘RIDICULOUS STUNT TOUR’
Starting Saturday, June 10, the Castaways Against Cancer will embark on their 24th yearly trek to combat arguably the world’s most hated illness.
And as if the trip...
THE ANGLER’S OUTLOOK: MANGROVE MANIA
Mangrove snapper, commonly known as gray snapper, is one of the few species targeted by fishermen here in the Florida Keys year-round, and the bite is about...
PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS WELCOMES A NEW FOX TO THE KEY LARGO SANCTUARY
Hi friends! Reef the fox here with your weekly “Reef’s Report.” Well, the fox is out of the bag. I have a new baby brother. His name...
MILES TO GO: GREED VS. GRATUITY
My thanks to every restaurant that tells customers when a gratuity has been added to their bill. And no, that fine print at the bottom of a...
MEET THE 2023 ALL-KEYS BOYS WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM
Coral Shores and Marathon have earned immediate success in one of the Keys’ newest sports. Weightlifting has long been a great complementary sport in Florida, preparing athletes...
WILD THINGS: AN EXTRAORDINARY BIRDER
Christian Cooper was known in the birder world before he got famous in the rest of the world.
The 2012 documentary “Birders: The Central Park Effect” features a...
KEYS HISTORY: ARRIVAL OF FRESH WATER BROUGHT RELIEF TO THE ISLAND CHAIN
Back in March, there was a disruption in the flow of fresh water through the Florida Keys when a series of cracks erupted in the pipes buried...
JOHN BARTUS: BAD BEHAVIOR AT CONCERTS
At the risk of sounding like a grump, I’m going to relate a story that, sadly, happens all too often at concerts these days. Before that happens,...