Tag: Monroe County
Ramsay Rodeo – Sheriff ride nets a cool grand
Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay raised more than $1,000 with a 30-second mechanical bullride this past weekend during Pig Days at the Stuffed Pig Fairgrounds.
Thanks to generous...
Giving Back Tour – Car caravan hits the Keys
Car enthusiasts rolling in Scions and Smart Cars motored through Monroe County recently to raise funds and awareness for restoration of historical 7 Mile Bridge.
The “Trouble in...
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...
Since when is the World Wide Web not worldwide? Or, how best to market...
Heads in beds.
It’s not the title of a horror movie (although it would make a great horror movie title). It’s the ultimate goal of our tourist industry,...
The Grinch's small heart grew three sizes that day.
A Florida Keys sheriff's officer, costumed as the Christmas "Grinch," issued onions instead of traffic citations to motorists slightly violating the speed limit outside a Florida Keys...
The Florida Keys Overseas Heritage Trail Unicycle Tour
A sculptor and a circus performer from New York are pedaling unicycles 106 miles along the Florida Keys Overseas Highway and its 42 bridges over water as...
DOES LETTER SAY SPECIFIC PERON?
Marathon passed three new laws at the recent council meeting. The first covered lighting rules as it concerns sea turtle nesting, the second was to adopt the...
Infrastructure Investments; Marathon eyes sewer finish line
It’s done.
The construction of Marathon’s wastewater and stormwater project is largely complete. The sewage treatment plants for areas 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Little Venice are...
Key West Botanical Garden making Easter educational
Migration Mania events begin next weekend
Keeping an eye out for migratory species flying and flitting over the Keys may be, well, for the birds for lots of...
Whitefly situation improving
Since 2009 when the first report of a whitefly surfaced in Miami-Dade County, the epidemic has spread across the islands of Monroe County and left residents and...
