‘Keys Cottages’ spark optimism
August 18, 2018
Affordable housing received a large show of support Thursday, as elected, community and business leaders came out en masse for the opening of the first of four new workforce homes under...more
= Denotes Subscription RequiredPlanning meeting gets hot
August 18, 2018
A city commissioner on Thursday reprimanded members of the Key West Planning Board for allocating only 9 percent of building permits to affordable housing projects in the past year, and was in...more
Airport plan OK’d; service is taking off
August 18, 2018
Monroe County government has completed an update to the master plan for one of the most vital components in the Florida Keys tourism economy.The Monroe County Commission on Wednesday approved the...more
News
The Key West Citizen
Office sought: City Commission, District IV Name: Gregory Davila Age: 51 Education: Juris Doctor, Stetson University College of Law, 1990 Foreign Law Study, Oxford University, England Bachelor of...more
The Key West Citizen
August 18, 2018Age: 34Education: B.A., Communications, Elon UniversityPrior elected offices: None. What do you see as the single biggest threat to Key West’s economic future, and what corrective action(s) is...more
The Key West Citizen
August 18, 2018Age: 67Education: B.S., Mathematics; Post Grad Studies, Strategy, Organizational Change ManagementPrior elected offices: City Commissioner, District 5Are you currently an incumbent?: NoWhat do...more
The Key West Citizen
August 18, 2018Age: 65Education: Studied Hotel and Restaurant Management, St. Louis Community College; studied Business Administration, St. Louis Community College; studied Business Administration, Indiana...more
Walter Drabinski
August 18, 2018Age: 68Education: B.S., Electrical Engineering; M.A., Business Education, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaPrior elected offices: NoneDo you think Keys Energy Services customers are...more
Bookings for 08/19/18 All charges are preliminary
Three men arrested for check fraud
August 18, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Marathon men on Tuesday, following an investigation into fraudulently cashed checks at the Marathon branch of Centennial Bank.Twenty-eight-year-old Marcos Vila, 38-year-old Yasbany Noa Parrado and 24-year-old Yaniel Cardenal Frias were all charged with passing counterfeit checks. Vila was also charged...more
“The city needs to enforce the rules that prohibit campaign signs from being in right-of-ways or public property. These sign violations are all over town. There are many residents and businesses willing to put up campaign sign on their property so there is no reason for signs to be on public property.”“If the county takes over approval of sewer rates on Stock Island can/will they lower...more
Three men arrested for check fraud
August 18, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested three Marathon men on Tuesday, following an investigation into fraudulently cashed checks at the Marathon branch of Centennial Bank.Twenty-eight-year-old Marcos Vila, 38-year-old Yasbany Noa Parrado and 24-year-old Yaniel Cardenal Frias were all charged with passing counterfeit checks. Vila was also charged...more
“The city needs to enforce the rules that prohibit campaign signs from being in right-of-ways or public property. These sign violations are all over town. There are many residents and businesses willing to put up campaign sign on their property so there is no reason for signs to be on public property.”“If the county takes over approval of sewer rates on Stock Island can/will they lower...more
Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon & Big Pine News
Changes proposed for two state parks
KEY LARGO — New facilities planned for two state parks on Key Largo will be unveiled in a comment session Tuesday, Aug. 21.Among proposals for John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park and Dagny...more
Council trashes plastic straw ban
August 15, 2018ISLAMORADA — The straw that broke a pending village ordinance turned out to be the straw.An environmentally minded law to ban the distribution of plastic straws that could wind up in Florida Keys...more
Court demand has village in a pickle
August 15, 2018ISLAMORADA — The village’s one pickleball court may not be enough, a park adviser told Village Council members Aug. 9.“It’s an extremely rising sport for fitness groups of all ages,” said Carolyn...more
Neighbors irked by canal debris coming to park
August 15, 2018KEY LARGO — After reopening to the public almost 10 months after Hurricane Irma struck, Rowell’s Waterfront Park is to be used as a temporary staging site for canal debris starting this month.The...more
New studio offers creativity through motion
August 15, 2018MARATHON — Keys Dance Academy is now enrolling future ballerinas and tap dancers at its new studio in Marathon.With three full-time instructors, Keys Dance Academy will offer ballet, tap, jazz,...more
Editorials
Cheers and Jeers
Cheers: to the teachers, staff, bus drivers and administrators for making the transition back to school for our students as seamless and easy as possible. Coming back after two months off is not...more
Canadian newsprint tariffs will hurt local newspapers
August 17, 2018It’s no secret that America’s newspapers have struggled the past decade. Social media and myriad forms of digital news serving options have caused the industry to ‘self-correct’ in many ways,...more
Cheers and Jeers
August 11, 2018Cheers: to all of the candidates interviewed this week by members of the Citizen editorial board. We appreciate everyone’s time and willingness to be questioned to ensure that voters are informed...more
Homeless shelter situation continues to bewilder us
August 11, 2018Monroe County has been faced with many tough decisions in the past year as we all strive to move beyond the impacts of Hurricane Irma. We’ve seen it evident across a variety of subjects, from the...more
Why people eat when they’re not hungry
August 9, 2018“Eating healthy is easy.” That’s what a client that weighed more than 350 pounds told me. “My problem isn’t what I’m supposed to eat. My problem is the food I eat when I’m NOT hungry.”That...more
Sports
TRIAL & ERROR : Early event provides coaches with key to successful season
A lot was learned on Thursday at the preseason volleyball tournament, and a lot more needs to be realized by Marathon, Coral Shores and Key West with the high school volleyball season set to...more
First-year Dolphins coach hoping team follows its leaders
August 17, 2018The pieces are in place for the Marathon High football team to be a legitimate contender for the Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs this season with senior quarterback Jackson...more
Hurricanes get first look at rebuilding challenge ahead
August 17, 2018Of the 44 players on the Coral Shores High football roster last season, 28 were seniors, leaving a huge void to fill for head coach Alphonso Bryant and the Hurricanes’ coaching staff, who will...more
Walkoffs by Milliken, Kurkowski deliver late-inning heroics
August 17, 2018Both of the Men’s Over-39 Softball League games on Friday night came down to the final at-bat as walkoff hits provided the winning margin of victory. Playing tonight at DeWitt Roberts Field,...more
Conchs to get tested by Chiefs in preseason kickoff classic
August 16, 2018Pop quiz time — just two days into school — for the Key West High football team as, after an offseason of intense camps and workout programs, the Conchs will be put to the test tonight at 7 p.m....more
