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PROTECTING MOTHER OCEAN: KEYS ENVIRONMENTAL STORIES FROM 2021
By Alex Rickert and Jim McCarthy
If offered a choice of places to ride out a global pandemic, an island chain with Listerine-blue waters just might top the...
TOP ONLINE STORIES & SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS OF 2021
The words have acquired new significance in the past digital decade, spreading news, information, rumors, photos, opinions, jokes and cat videos faster than Omicron.
With help from our...
2021 IN PICTURES: STUNNING SHOTS OF THE FLORIDA KEYS
Keys Weekly is honored to collaborate with a stacked lineup of talented photographers who bring our stories to life. A single perfect shot can often accomplish what...
IN PICTURES: SILVERLINERS DONATE GIFTS TO KEYS FOSTER KIDS
The Silverliners are retired flight attendants who raise money and conduct endless charity work in their communities. The Key West group typically hosts a Fantasy Flight to...
10 SAILFISH RELEASES GETS TEAM MDALA WIN IN FIRST LEG OF GOLD CUP CHAMPIONSHIP
The 58th annual Islamorada Sailfish Tournament kicked off at Whale Harbor, hosting 80 anglers along with family and friends with a buffet including stone crabs Dec. 2-5.
The...
JERLINE BUTLER OF KEY WEST PASSES AWAY AT 107
Mother Jerline Elizabeth Sands Butler was born on Oct. 6, 1914 to the union of Elkanah and Laura Sands. Her parents were proud immigrants from the beautiful...
OXITEC MOSQUITO PROJECT FINISHES RELEASE PHASE
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec say they have finished another phase of the project to evaluate the use of Oxitec mosquitoes in controlling...
WE GOT CRABS: KEYS FISHERMEN ARE CATCHING MORE & GETTING PAID MORE
If you have a Keys stone crab fisherman or -woman in your life, they might be a little happier this week. The past few days have been...
WILD THINGS: MORE TALES OF THE GRAY-TAILED TATTLER
It’s both a truism and a cliche that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. For instance, when...
WILD THINGS: A MISGUIDED HAWK
It is an odd thing, sitting around, waiting for a bird to poop, but that’s exactly what I was doing, and what I had been doing for...
