Tag: Islamorada
ISLAMORADA ELECTION: COUNCIL CANDIDATES DIFFER ON ADDRESSING LONG MEETINGS
Fourteen candidates enter for five hotly-contested Islamorada Village Council seats this November. With the most candidates seen in the village’s history, the hopefuls consist of incumbents and...
NEW STREETLIGHTS TO ILLUMINATE ISLAMORADA’S MORADA WAY ARTS & CULTURAL DISTRICT
The future of Islamorada's Morada Way Arts and Cultural District is getting brighter, literally. Between the Old Highway and U.S. 1, from the Green Turtle Inn to...
OBITUARY: CLIFFORD STEELE
Clifford Reynold Steele was born in Brooklyn, New York and raised in Paramus, New Jersey. Cliff was predeceased by his parents, Clifford and Laura Steele (née Campenni),...
ISLAMORADA CHARTER BOAT OPERATOR MAKES BOATING ACCESSIBLE TO THE DISABLED
Charter boat Captain Mick Nealey is all too familiar with the daily struggles confronting people living with disabilities. Nealey requires two crutches to get around, the result...
NEW CLASSROOMS EXPAND TREASURE VILLAGE MONTESSORI’S FORTRESS
Treasure Village Montessori Principal Kelly Mangel watched as a crane placed four new modular classrooms onto the school grounds on Aug. 17. Since conception, Mangel spent roughly...
ISLAMORADA COUNCIL RACE WELCOMES A LARGE CROWD OF CANDIDATES
Fourteen candidates will vie for five open Islamorada Village Council seats on Nov. 8.
A seven-day qualifying period for Islamorada’s village elections ended at noon on Aug. 16....
PLANNING DIRECTOR: ISLAMORADA’S LAND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS ‘CUMBERSOME’ & ‘COMPLICATED’
Cumbersome and complicated: Those were the words Planning Director Dan Gulizio provided to the Islamorada dais regarding the village’s current land development regulations.
Gulizio, who’s been with the...
COURT OPINION REVOKES 600 AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALLOCATIONS IN THE FLORIDA KEYS
A stunning court opinion in an ongoing appeal of 1,300 Keys housing units may send shockwaves through the affordable housing landscape in the Keys. But the severity...
ISLAMORADA BUDGET SEES MORE REVENUES & SPENDING
Soaring property values, rising costs and vacant staff positions were among the items Islamorada council members confronted during their first budget workshop on Aug. 8.
Inside the Founders...
ISLAMORADA LIBRARY REDUCES HOURS DUE TO STAFFING SHORTAGE
The Monroe County Public Library Islamorada branch will temporarily reduce the operating hours four nights a week to close at 5 p.m. instead of 6 p.m. due...
