Tag: Monroe County
Get out while the getting is good
Evacuation decisions by officials are never made lightly when an impending hurricane (Category 3 or higher) is barreling toward the island chain.
A detailed and phased evacuation...
COUNTY LOOKS TO LIGHTEN COVID PROTOCOLS FOR SUMMER
A lot can happen in 411 days.
For example, during the April 21 meeting of the Board of County Commissioners, emergency management director Shannon Weiner said that Monroe...
SCHOOLS SUPER: SOCIAL DISTANCING ‘HAS BECOME A PROBLEM’
At the April 27 Monroe County School District board meeting, Superintendent Theresa Axford announced that more than 100 Key West High School students have been quarantined in...
SCENES FROM THE 7-MILE BRIDGE RUN
Despite the heat, it was a “fast” race on April 17 for the 40th annual 7 Mile Bridge Run. Collin Wainwright of Pennsylvania, 25, finished first with...
DIET OR REGULAR SODA? TRY WATER INSTEAD
What effect do artificial sweeteners have on our weight? Since the mid-’70s, artificial sweetener consumption in the U.S. has doubled. Since the 1990s, new products have exploded,...
BOOKS: WE’LL ALWAYS HAVE PARIS
If you find yourself daydreaming about the city of lights, pick up one of these fabuleux novels to take you away for the day. Armchair traveling at...
PHOTOGRAPHER CJ GROTH CAPTURES THE KEYS
In recent years, the world of photography has seen a bit of a renaissance. The age of camera phones and digital photography sprouted a significant uptick in...
NAME GAME: HOW DID THESE ISLANDS GET THEIR NAMES?
Missouri and Ohio keys are situated in the Lower Keys and, at least in terms of the Overseas Highway, are linked one after the other. Missouri Key...
FISHING COMMUNITY RALLIES BEHIND ARTIST WHO LOST MONTHS OF WORK
Imagine this: You are a fine-arts painter during the pandemic. Quarantined at home, you cast about for something to do, just like the rest of the world....
It was a “no,” but not a “hard no.”
On April 19, Marathon’s Planning Board voted down a hotel project proposed for Crawl Key between Marathon and Grassy Key. For the board, it was a first...
