Mosquito Control to open Lower Keys facility
May 21, 2018
The Florida Keys Mosquito Control District will begin operating out of its new facility on Big Coppitt Key this week. The district will hold a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new $2.7 million...more
= Denotes Subscription RequiredHousing project proposed on Flagler
May 21, 2018
Plans are in the works for an eight-unit residential project behind the Dion’s gas station at 3228 Flagler Ave. in Key West. Virginia-based Uphoff Investments plans to demolish an existing...more
Take Stock graduates record number of scholars
May 21, 2018
Take Stock in Children awarded 61 students full tuition scholarships to Florida colleges and universities Saturday, the highest number of graduates in a single year since the program’s first...more
News
Candidate files for commission
The race for Key West District IV City Commissioner is no longer uncontested, following the announcement that Jenn Stefanacci will run for the seat against fellow newcomer Greg Davila. The pair...more
School Board tackles more drug policies
May 21, 2018Now that the School Board has spent months discussing random drug tests for student-athletes, cheerleaders and band performers, board members want to tackle the topic of drug possession or...more
Fishermen’s Hospital: 4 years, $40 million cost
May 19, 2018The good news is Marathon and the Middle Keys community will have a full-service hospital when Baptist Health South Florida rebuilds Fishermen’s Community Hospital. The bad news is...more
Pedestrian struck by Conch Train stable
May 19, 2018One of Historic Tours of America’s Conch Tour trains that navigate the city on a daily basis hit a male pedestrian around 7 p.m. on Thursday. The 1000 block of White Street, near...more
Republica Bar welcomes guests to the 240 North latitude
May 19, 2018Guests at 24° North have been asking since the hotel opened in 2015 the significance of its latitudinal name. And now a new bar in the lobby reinforces the connections between Key West and Cuba....more
Bookings for 05/21/18 All charges are preliminary
All’s fair in love and war, except assault by an ex
May 21, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Marathon woman on Thursday after she allegedly attacked the current girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend. The victim told deputies that on May 12, Candy Zoe Marroquin, 38, arrived at her house and attacked her with a small black knife. Following this, Marroquin allegedly continued to attack the victim with
“Poinciana Gardens — the new senior living apartments on Duck Avenue — has completed its landscaping. Oddly, all sabal palms. Ironically, not a single Poinciana tree. And very few Poincianas left in the whole neighborhood, since the Tree Commission has approved the removal of at least a half-dozen in the past two years! Time for...more
All’s fair in love and war, except assault by an ex
May 21, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Marathon woman on Thursday after she allegedly attacked the current girlfriend of her ex-boyfriend. The victim told deputies that on May 12, Candy Zoe Marroquin, 38, arrived at her house and attacked her with a small black knife. Following this, Marroquin allegedly continued to attack the victim with
“Poinciana Gardens — the new senior living apartments on Duck Avenue — has completed its landscaping. Oddly, all sabal palms. Ironically, not a single Poinciana tree. And very few Poincianas left in the whole neighborhood, since the Tree Commission has approved the removal of at least a half-dozen in the past two years! Time for...more
Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon & Big Pine News
Coral nursery project founder leaves nonprofit
KEY LARGO — The Coral Restoration Foundation, a rare bright spot in efforts to preserve the Florida Keys living reef, no longer has founder Ken Nedimyer at the helm. Earlier this year,...more
Elder abuse suspect on lam finally caught
May 16, 2018KEY LARGO — Amarylis Maristan, a caregiver who has been wanted by the police since last June after a multi-agency investigation implicated her in elder abuse cases at two unlicensed...more
Fishing regulations for sharks could include Keys bridges
May 16, 2018FLORIDA — Images of protected sharks reeled ashore to be used as photo props by a gaggle of grinning fishermen irked board members of Florida’s top conservation agency. A...more
Gessel withdraws from state rep contest
May 16, 2018KEY LARGO — Real estate attorney Pat Gessel has withdrawn her candidacy for the Florida House of Representatives District 120 seat held by incumbent Republican Holly Raschein....more
Pioneering photographer, 90, still passionate about reef
May 16, 2018KEY LARGO — In his seven decades diving the Florida Keys, renowned underwater photographer Jerry Greenberg has seen the coral reef in its glory, and in peril. Greenberg, a member of the...more
Editorials
Cheers and jeers
Jeers: to the Public Service Commission for their outrageous and possibly illegal denial of two Monroe County Commissioners right to speak during the public comment portion of a rate hike hearing...more
Key West’s tree issue continues to grow
May 17, 2018An epiphany? Conversion? Divine guidance? Whatever it is, Mayor Cates, we will take it with gratitude on behalf of the tree canopy of Key West. The Citizen has chronicled with dismay the...more
Key West, City of Arts
May 12, 2018Some years ago the people voted their will and established that Key West,”City of Arts,” would provide its residents and visitors alike with a welcoming city full of culture and art....more
Remembering a man and a time …
May 12, 2018I attended a memorial recently and was sublimely struck by the history in the room. Many in attendance were from the post-hippie wave of the mid-1970’s so fictional facts and factual...more
Supports Ponciana as official tree
May 12, 2018There was a meeting of the Tree Commission this week. It was suggested to make the Royal Poinciana the official tree of Key West. I want to set the record straight to this commission. There was...more
Sports
Poinciana wraps up first place with strong tug-of-war finish
Six Keys schools competed in the exciting 45th annual 5th Grade Track and Field Meet on Saturday morning at the Key West High Back Yard. Poinciana School took first overall with 57 points,...more
Conchs, Dolphins shake up scrimmage
May 19, 2018Some questions were answered during the spring scrimmage between the Marathon and Key West High football teams, but others arose as several new faces made shining debuts among the several...more
Fifty-pound winner for Steel Leader in Mother’s Day Dolphin tournament
May 19, 2018Team Steel Leader is at it again. This time, Bobby Taylor from Dublin, Ohio, landed a 50-pound bull dolphin to take first place, by far, in Habitat for Humanity’s Mother’s Day Dolphin...more
Guerrero and Coffin combined to set example for Hurricanes
May 19, 2018Throughout years of guiding volleyball, baseball, softball and basketball teams, first-year Coral Shores boys tennis coach Jim Enright stated that this season with the Hurricanes was one of the...more
Ladies Tarpon Fly Tournament in Islamorada
May 19, 2018ISLAMORADA — Women who love the sport of saltwater fly-fishing in the shallow waters of Islamorada and Florida Bay are naturally attracted to the rich history of the Ladies Tarpon Fly...more
