Tag: Marathon
Have you seen Scott?
The Manatee Rescue Team of the Dolphin Research Center is asking the public to help find a badly entangled manatee. The manatee, named Scott, has mounds of...
Seafood and Eat It! Florida’s Original Seafood Festival happens this weekend!
It’s here! The 37th Annual Original Marathon Seafood Festival is this weekend! As I mentioned in last week’s column, everyone knows that the real star of the...
New City Hall in Marathon
Slowly but surely, residents of Marathon and government officials are inching towards a complete plan for a new city hall. So far, only the basics have been...
Cities consider ‘optional’ tax break but state proposed homestead exemption for seniors already in...
On the Nov. 6, 2012 ballot there were four questions put to the voters regarding property taxes. Two were constitutional amendments approved by the majority and automatically...
TSA! TSA! (Or, how’s the view, officer?)
After last week’s column dealing with Hell, I decided to revisit another of those true tales from my life that no one could make up.
One of the...
Young men swim five miles to shore when boat capsizes.
Stay with the boat. That’s the No. 1 rule for boaters when their craft capsizes. But what if there is no boat?
“It went like this,” said Sharieff...
26 teams compete for top honors
Last weekend’s AYSO Marathon Conch Cup soccer tournament featured 26 teams from Homestead, the Upper Keys, Marathon, Big Pine and Key West. More than 300 players and their families...
Boating Skills and Seamanship program graduation.
The USCG Flotilla 13-2 in Marathon recent graduated another class of students who passed the Boating Skills and Seamanship program. They are, seated from left, Katie Davis, Jan...
Possibility of new city hall, public works building to be discussed
Marathon residents are strongly encouraged to show up on with “wish lists” in hand on Thursday, Jan. 17 for a special call meeting of the Marathon City...
Bring your wish lists to city workshop
Marathon residents are strongly encouraged to show up on with “wish lists” in hand on Thursday, Jan. 17 for a special call meeting of the Marathon City...
