Another Bum?
I’m mourning the passing of a friend that I did not know very well, and yet when I reflect upon our conversations, I realize...
Lessons Learned
Once impending fatherhood is leaked publicly, the standard response is, “Your life is going to change.”
It’s an abstract statement that carries as much weight...
How Did You Get So Involved?
The questions I field, or opt not to (since I was taught in my ripe 20s to ignore stalkers), from the messages sent via...
All things Cuba – The Weekly visits the Island ‘A Million Miles Away’
Cuba – a million miles from Miami
Impressions from a visit to the island nation
By Jason Koler
A note before we start: My journey to Cuba...
An Easter tradition – Twenty-five years of fun disaster
Most years, Easter is a chance for my parents, two brothers, three sisters, their spouses, their children’s spouses and my own family to get...
Marathon’s Publix transforms into bigger, better store
I’m a stranger in my own Publix, the one in Marathon, the one I’ve been known to visit twice in one day. But I...
The ‘real’ incentive: a closer look at Peary Court
and other affordable housing deals
It came and went as fast as no-see-um bite on your ankle. After a year of Peary Court debates, proposed...
WHAT’S NEXT? Thoughts on Irma, 10 days after
From the third floor of my ringside seat for Irma, the palm tree outside the balcony swayed like a boxer who had gone limp,...
Print is NOT dead
By Jason Koler and Britt Myers
Earlier this week a report announced the demise of the Keynoter and Upper Keys Reporter as we know it,...
A commitment works both ways
We all know the benefits of having a hospital in our town. Our residents must have critical access to healthcare in the event of...
