IN PICTURES: THE GRINCH VISITS MARATHON’S BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY FOR PET PHOTOS

The Berkshire Hathaway team. From left: Trish Hintze, Hunter Demauro, Karen Raspe, Jessica Rojas, Joe Quallich, Tracy Chacksfield.

In one of his rare feats of kindness, the grump with a heart two sizes too small paid a visit to Marathon’s Berkshire Hathaway Home Services office on Dec. 6. With a donation drive for pet supplies and monetary donations to benefit the Florida Keys SPCA, the Grinch spent two hours making new furry friends and creating photo opportunities for all visitors. Though the Keys Weekly pressed him for an answer, he was suspiciously quiet about the whereabouts of his own four-legged companion, Max.

Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.