Cow Key Bridge project meeting to be held Tuesday
March 23, 2019
State transportation representatives will hold a public meeting Tuesday night in Key West to discuss what their agency is doing to mitigate traffic impacts and shorten the time frame of the Cow...more
= Denotes Subscription RequiredNavy Marine Mammal Program trains in Key West
March 23, 2019
The whistles and chatter-like calls of bottlenose dolphins filled Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor on Friday, as the U.S. Navy conducted training with some of most unique military...more
Florida Keys prepare for new federal flood insurance maps
March 23, 2019
Local government agencies and one grassroots property insurance watchdog group has begun to brace and prepare for new federal flood insurance maps that could make property insurance even more...more
News
Key West Sailing Adventure offers various sailing voyages
The sailboat’s strange name — St. Vitus Dance — puzzles many who pass its slip at the Historic Seaport, but also sounds vaguely familiar to plenty of folks — mostly men — over 40. “It’s the...more
Citizen announces management change
March 23, 2019The Key West Citizen Publisher Richard Tamborrino has announced that Editor Kay Harris has resigned her position at the newspaper.Tamborrino said he is conducting a nationwide search for a new...more
Florida House passes bill to make opening hospitals easier
March 23, 2019TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House wants to eliminate a requirement that hospitals and other health care facilities show there is a demand for their services before getting licensed to build...more
Florida House, Senate release competing state budget plans
March 23, 2019TALLAHASSEE — The Republican-led Florida House and Senate on Friday released competing budget proposals for the upcoming year with major funding differences in areas such as education and the...more
Florida unemployment rate at 3.5 percent in February
March 23, 2019TALLAHASSEE — Florida's unemployment rate was 3.5 percent in February, virtually unchanged from a month earlier. Figures released by the state Friday show that 357,000 Floridians were...more
Bookings for 03/24/19 All charges are preliminary
Speeding leads to marijuana bust
March 23, 2019A Hollywood, Florida man was arrested on Thursday after deputies pulled a vehicle over for speeding and subsequently found marijuana inside.Taylor Henry Battiest, 24, was charged with possession of marijuana under 20 grams and possession of paraphernalia.Around 1 a.m., a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy was patrolling Marathon when he spotted a...more
“Two days this week with no Citizen’s Voice. Did the snowbirds go home early?”“What would you think if you heard New York City was going to fence off Central Park and only allow residents in? I do not recall any early discussions that Waterfront Park was going to be reserved for the exclusive use by locals.”“All tourists have a plan when they arrive, be it bars, booze, babes, dudes, T- shirts...more
Speeding leads to marijuana bust
March 23, 2019A Hollywood, Florida man was arrested on Thursday after deputies pulled a vehicle over for speeding and subsequently found marijuana inside.Taylor Henry Battiest, 24, was charged with possession of marijuana under 20 grams and possession of paraphernalia.Around 1 a.m., a Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputy was patrolling Marathon when he spotted a...more
“Two days this week with no Citizen’s Voice. Did the snowbirds go home early?”“What would you think if you heard New York City was going to fence off Central Park and only allow residents in? I do not recall any early discussions that Waterfront Park was going to be reserved for the exclusive use by locals.”“All tourists have a plan when they arrive, be it bars, booze, babes, dudes, T- shirts...more
Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon & Big Pine News
Trust seeks bids for caboose renovation
ISLAMORADA — The Islamorada caboose arrived in the Florida Keys about a half-century after the 1935 Labor Day hurricane destroyed the Florida East Coast Railway to Key West, yet remains a visible...more
Board opposes closing park for events
March 20, 2019ISLAMORADA — For a village meeting on Founders Park noise, it turned out to be pretty quiet.No changes for Founders Park event rules were proposed during a March 12 special session of...more
Council declines seal, hears hospital update
March 20, 2019MARATHON — The Marathon City Council refused last week to canonize an official seal during a second required public vote and heard a report that the community hospital fundraising campaign is...more
Creative dishes and artistic vision
March 20, 2019ISLAMORADA — The 4th Annual Islamorada Seafood Festival & Art Show will feature creative seafood samplings from more than 25 of the Upper Keys’ top restaurant chefs. The show runs from 11...more
District probes payroll fees
March 20, 2019KEY LARGO — The Key Largo Volunteer Ambulance Corps says finding a payroll provider at a lower cost appears doubtful.A request was made by the Key Largo Fire Rescue & Emergency Medical...more
Editorials
Cheers and Jeers
Cheers: to Mayor Teri Johnston for appointing two new members to the Tree Commission. The mayor has the power to appoint a completely new commission since the old guard does not seem to be...more
Cheers and Jeers
March 16, 2019Cheers: to State Attorney Dennis Ward and all those involved with bringing charges against the tourist who jumped on the pelican and posted the video. As with poaching, sending a message of...more
Cheers and Jeers
March 9, 2019Cheers: to the Long Term Recovery Group for their out-of-the box thinking to provide housing for volunteers. Their new housing units based on movable storage containers is a good one in use in...more
Cheers and Jeers: March 2
March 2, 2019Cheers: to the City of Key West for fixing some of the third world streets throughout the City. Please keep the momentum going. Jeers: to all those whining about the inconvenience of having those...more
Polarizing topic sparks attention
March 2, 2019The reaction to our column last weekend about the Board of County Commissioners quashing Goal 109, a county-crafted workforce housing initiative that would have allowed as much as a 50 percent...more
Sports
Anglers to target dolphin at annual Sheahan Rodeo
TAVERNIER — Dolphin fishing season in the Florida Keys is characterized by multigenerational families fishing together, and the annual Nick Sheahan Dolphin Rodeo Friday through Sunday, May 3-5,...more
Openings available for Redbone tarpon event
March 23, 2019ISLAMORADA — Openings are still available for anglers to fish the 15th annual Redbone @ Large Robert James Sales Celebrity Sunrise/Sunset Tarpon Tournament on Saturday and Sunday, April...more
Fitzpatrick walk-off single propels Roncos’ win
March 22, 2019Down 10 runs going into their last at bat, the Tommy Tiles FKWT Roncos scored 11 runs in the bottom of the seventh and final frame for a 28-27, walk-off win over the hot Rich’s Snappers on Friday...more
Local race still running after 20 successful years
March 22, 2019When Lori Bosco started the Florida Keys Community College Sprint Triathlon/Biathlon 20 years ago, she never dreamed it would last this long. Nor did she believe she would be around to see it go...more
Miscues costly to Conchs at tourney
March 22, 2019Their goal was to win the Gulf Coast Classic II or at least get into the finals, but the competition was too good for a mistake-ridden Key West High School softball team. On Wednesday in Gulf...more