Tag: Monroe County
Island Currents 090228
Florida Key’s Hospital in the Bayou
In February, Fishermen’s Hospital employees celebrated Mardi Gras. Every month, the Employee Club hosts a fun event in efforts to keep...
Island Currents 09-0207
Attached are photos taken by Vanessa Stein, a tourist who happened to be at Keys Fisheries in Marathon, when a juvenile pelican swallowed a filet knife. Kelly...
Dennis Ward raises the bar
Overwhelmed at the crowd that piled in the Freeman Justice Center last Friday, newly elected Monroe County State Attorney Dennis Ward personally thanked every individual who turned...
There is a new sheriff in town
More than a quarter of a century ago, a Michigan truck driver turned cop decided to escape the harsh winters of Upper Peninsula to become a beach...
Marathon Makes Preliminary Strides to Reduce Sewer Costs
With the 2010 deadline for sewer installation looming, the Marathon City Council met on Wednesday to discuss what Councilman Dick Ramsay called “out of the box ideas.”...
Louis Caputo
Lieutenant Louis Caputo confesses that it’s been a long time since he’s flipped through his old Vietnam photo albums. The pictures have started to turn yellow around...
Mike Hartley
Not long ago, Big Pine Key residents banded together for a benefit to raise money for a man near and dear to their hearts. This man is...
Habitat’s New Key West Repair Project off to a great start
Habitat’s New Key West Repair Project off to a great start
Thanks to a group of exceptional young people from the SEPA Synod, a Lutheran group out of...
Spearfishing the Middle Keys
With limited summer fishing pressure and good visibility, Keys reefs in the 15 to 60 foot depth range are hot for the spear right now. Fueled by...