County backs hospital tax district
June 21, 2018
The Monroe County Commission agreed Wednesday not to hold a referendum on implementing a new property tax to support Fishermen’s Hospital in Marathon, which sustained major structural...more
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June 21, 2018
June Klausing watches the news with a tear in her eye and a familiar feeling of fear. “I’m not political, and I don’t want to be, but I know exactly what it feels like to...more
Delays dominate city board meeting
June 21, 2018
The Key West City Commission was slated to pick a venue manager and decide on an apartment expansion plan Tuesday, but both issues and several others were postponed in a meeting where little was...more
News
11 shark fins found on routine check
A joint seizure by the U.S. Coast Guard, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration resulted in the confiscation of 11...more
No timeline for repairs to park’s ball fields
June 20, 2018TAVERNIER — Work has begun on the storm-damaged athletic fields at Monroe County’s Harry Harris Park, though no timeline for a resumption of baseball and softball games is...more
Record rains were recorded last month in county
June 20, 2018MONROE COUNTY — As summer dawns early Thursday, the Florida Keys bid farewell to a soggy spring. Key West sloshed through the wettest May on record, about four times the average rainfall...more
Tired of clutter? Business helps sort things out
June 20, 2018KEY LARGO — Deanna “DeDe” Mousseau has predicated her professional home organization business, DeDeClutterfy, upon her belief that people pack every nook and cranny of their...more
Village seeks public vote on four-year terms
June 20, 2018ISLAMORADA — Two-year terms for Village Council members, which once were four years, could become four years again. Some villagers, however, are not too enthusiastic about the proposal....more
Bookings for 06/22/18 All charges are preliminary
Trading drugs to take a car ride
June 21, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Miami man on Tuesday after stopping a car that was reported stolen out of Key West. Frank James Jones, 39, is being charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and driving with a suspended license/third or subsequent offense According to the police report, deputies received a be-on-the
“What you clowns don’t understand is a lot of people don’t like fireworks. The visual effects are fine, but not the loud explosions. Ask any combat vet how he feels about hearing a loud explosion.” “I would like to advise the bicyclist who breaks his inner tubes every week with a truism: The definition of...more
Trading drugs to take a car ride
June 21, 2018The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Miami man on Tuesday after stopping a car that was reported stolen out of Key West. Frank James Jones, 39, is being charged with grand theft of a motor vehicle and driving with a suspended license/third or subsequent offense According to the police report, deputies received a be-on-the
“What you clowns don’t understand is a lot of people don’t like fireworks. The visual effects are fine, but not the loud explosions. Ask any combat vet how he feels about hearing a loud explosion.” “I would like to advise the bicyclist who breaks his inner tubes every week with a truism: The definition of...more
Key Largo, Islamorada, Marathon & Big Pine News
City prepared for takeoff, but lacks an airline
MARATHON — The Florida Keys Marathon International Airport can boast of a long runway, a welcoming terminal, convenient car rentals and parking. Just one missing ingredient remains: a...more
Council tables decision on US 1 access closures
June 20, 2018ISLAMORADA — A plan to close access to U.S. 1 from two Upper Matecumbe Key streets was proceeding too fast, Village Council members agreed June 14. Under the pending proposal, the...more
Navy commander enjoys Elks fishing program
June 20, 2018TAVERNIER — U.S. Navy Watch Commander (MA1) Stephan Dombroski-Ferguson is Florida Keys Elks Lodge 1872’s most recently sponsored military member to enjoy two days at sea through its...more
New bridge run director amped up for event
June 20, 2018KEY LARGO — The Key Largo Bridge Run, set to return this November after a brief hiatus, is being put on by new race director Enrique “Henry” Menendez and his race...more
New PKS expected to open mid-year
June 20, 2018ISLAMORADA — When students fill the halls of the new Plantation Key School, they can stroll down Discovery Boulevard to spend time at the Learning Piazza. Discovery Boulevard is a main hall...more
Editorials
Cheers and Jeers
Cheers: to the Monroe County Public Library system for its summer reading program, along with the preschool story times for the wee ones. It’s never too early to begin reading to children....more
Affordable housing is crisis of our making
June 15, 2018Affordable Housing. The crisis is at the top of everyone’s mind, yet the solution seems as far away as ever. This problem is far from new; historians can bring up examples of various...more
Cheers and Jeers
June 9, 2018Cheers: to the city of Key West for planting canopy trees and Royal Poincianas at the Truman Waterfront park. It will be a much more pleasant area to visit and play with the shade trees and the...more
Cheers and Jeers
June 2, 2018Cheers: to all of the 2018 high school graduates who received their diplomas this week. This is an exciting time in your lives as you leave behind your childhoods and begin your journeys to...more
School safety now on local shoulders
June 1, 2018After ducking this critical issue for years, the Florida governor and legislature now want to place the burden on school systems for addressing violence in schools in response to the Parkland...more
Sports
Little Conchs gain lessons before season beings
League president Pete Estevez said more than 31 aspiring youth players attended the Key West Junior Football League’s four-day free clinic each day, learning the proper techniques...more
Hometown angler founded event to help Womankind
June 20, 2018The only Florida Keys spearfishing tournament is just around the summer bend with the 7th annual That’s What She Shot Spearfishing Tournament taking place June 22-24. The event invites...more
Troy Curry hits away for Murray Marine
June 20, 20185 Brothers and Murray Marine each collected a pair of victories last week in the Key West Men’s Softball League to hold onto the top two spots in the standings. With an 8-2 mark, 5 Brothers...more
Dolphins drilled during three-day Midwest Elite Basketball camp
June 19, 2018For the third straight year, the Marathon Dolphins and head coach Kevin Freeman hosted a Midwest Elite Basketball camp. The camp, MEB for short, was cofounded by Craig Doty in 2005 and since has...more
Peretti devoted her all for female record swim
June 18, 2018When Oceane Peretti collapsed at the finish line on Smathers Beach, the 20-year-old Florida International University swimmer left it all on the course of the 42nd annual Swim Around Key West. On...more
