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KEY COLONY BEACH MOVES CLOSER TO OFFICE REPAIRS & PICKLEBALL EXPANSION
A stabilizing sub-floor foam injection and replacement of a sagging ceiling beam should soon pave the way for reopening of KCB’s City Hall administrative offices left vacant since Hurricane Irma, Vice Mayor Freddie Foster reported Thursday. Previously deemed unfit for occupancy due to a void beneath a cracked floor...
SENIOR SPOTLIGHT: Marco Davila, Key West
Q: How long have you been playing football? A: In the seventh-grade summer with coach (Judd) Wise is when I started kicking to train for my eighth-grade season, and from there I just stuck with it through high school. Q: Did you ever play any other sports growing up? A: I played a lot of...
Art philanthropist passes at 100
The Florida Keys has lost its most prominent patron of the arts, Anne McKee. She was 100. McKee, who would have been 101 in July, died Sunday, May 19, in Key West. She founded the Artist’s Fund that bears her name in 1992 and has since awarded grants to more than 400 recipients to allow them to pursue their passions. Born in Newfoundland before Canada annexed it, McKee’s efforts have...
City sets budget plans, addresses quality-of-life concerns
The Marathon City Council recently approved the date for its 2024-2025 general fund budget discussion. Set for Wednesday, July 24, to discuss property tax rates for the coming fiscal year, city staff and the council will review the proposed budget and have a second discussion Tuesday, Aug. 13, if necessary, before hosting public hearings. Councilman Luis Gonzalez brought up a concern during the Tuesday, May 14, meeting that several building allocations are expiring in July and many have not been picked up. He said if...
Castaways Against Cancer raise funds, honor those who fought the fight
MIAMI - What began with a group of four self-described sea hippies on the water in 2000, has grown into a powerful movement with dozens of volunteers that has raised more than $2.3 million in the fight against cancer.The Castaways Against Cancer is focused on funding cancer research and honoring those who have fought the fight. Every summer, from Miami to Key West kayakers paddle 160 miles over seven days, runners relay 170 miles over two days and cyclists pedal the same 170 miles in one grueling day.Eric Pino serves as the Castaways Against Cancer event captain and describes the...
KEY WEST PRIDE CELEBRATES DIVERSITY & DISCO JUNE 5-9
Visitors can join Key West residents to celebrate the island’s unique LGBTQ community – and boogie like it’s the 1970s disco era – during Key West Pride 2024, scheduled Wednesday through Sunday, June 5-9. Presented by the Key West Business Guild and featuring a retro disco...
SOMERSET ISLAND PREP CONTINUES JET SKI GRADUATION TRADITION
A COVID-era innovation is now a graduation tradition for a charter high school in Key West, where on May 17, the Class of 2024 throttled across Key West Harbor on jet skis to accept their diplomas. Somerset Island Prep principal Tom Rompella, perched in a black gown aboard a jet...
Doral police officer arrested on DUI charge in Florida Keys
ISLAMORADA, Fla. – A Doral police officer got out of jail Tuesday afternoon after being arrested on a drunken driving charge in the Florida Keys. The officer, Johann Delgado, 36, is facing a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence following his arrest by the Florida Highway Patrol Monday.
WILD THINGS: RAINY DAYS & MONDAYS SOMETIMES BRING ME DUCKS
It might have been smart to bring a raincoat. I realized this as Ellen Westbrook got into the car with a raincoat over her arm, because Ellen is one of those people who actually thinks about things ahead of time. It had been raining on and off all morning, mostly on, and the sky was still a battleship gray. But I’d looked on the radar and the tail end of the storm was almost to Key West, and I was impatient to get up the road.
Pilot road elevation, drainage project to fight Florida Keys flooding is set to break ground
For years, local leaders have worked to mitigate chronic flooding in low-lying areas of the Florida Keys. Now, Monroe county commissioners have approved construction on a $21 million pilot project for road elevation in a chronically-flooded neighborhood. Twin Lakes, in Key Largo, experiences frequent prolonged flooding during heavy rain, high...
Teasers Tour Kicks Off With Next Week’s Tiki Lee’s Fun Run
For the fourth straight year, Maryland Offshore Performance Marine Center owner Andy Imhof and his team are getting ready to embark on an extensive poker run tour in their canopied 36-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran thanks to their recurring Key West, Fla.-based sponsor, Teasers Gentleman’s Club. Dubbed the “Teasers Tour” since Maryland Offshore partnered with the popular Key West club in 2021, this year’s event showcase starts on Saturday, June 1, in Sparrows Point, Md., with the Tiki Lee’s Fun Run.
NINE-YEAR-OLD JOURNEY NICHOLS CHAMPIONS WATER FOUNTAIN ACCESS FOR KIDS
Universal rounds of applause are a rare feat in government meetings. But when 9-year-old Journey Nichols took matters into her own hands to address the Marathon City Council and advocate for the children of her community, that’s exactly what she got. By far the most popular public commenter at...
PAUL MENTA GUEST STARS IN SEASON PREMIERE OF ‘GORDON RAMSAY: UNCHARTED’
Paul Menta is a chef, a rum distiller, a competitive kite-boarder and the guy who put together a second-line parade down Duval Street in Key West in memory of Jimmy Buffett within 16 hours after the announcement that the legendary singer-songwriter had died Sept. 1, 2023. Now, Paul is among...
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