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SPINNING GOLIATH GROUPER RECOVERED IN ISLAMORADA CANAL
Brad Norris has been running personal watercraft tours out of Old Conch Harbor canal since 2014. He knows this Islamorada waterway behind Old Tavernier Restaurant very well. But recently, Norris saw something he had never seen before, and it was cause for concern. “When you see an upside-down goliath grouper...
Key Largo fire station design bids make progress
After eight years, it has happened. The Key Largo Fire-Rescue and Emergency Medical Services District board is seeking qualifications from firms to perform design services for a second-floor addition and expansion of Fire Station No. 24 at the flashing yellow light near Mile Marker 99, oceanside, through a viable bid process. District legal counsel Dirk Smits presented the item at the board meeting April 22 seeking approval of an agreement with Currie Sowards Aguila Architects for a request for qualifications for design services. Smits said...
HEALING DEN: PAWSITIVE BEGINNINGS GETS GRANT FOR NEW THERAPY & COUNSELING FACILITY
The Human-Animal Alliance recently granted Pawsitive Beginnings $10,000 to build a new Human-Animal Alliance Healing Den in Key Largo. Construction is scheduled for completion this summer, when those seeking therapy can take full advantage of the permanent on-site facility at the home of the fox sanctuary. “We’re so appreciative of...
Knife-wielding Keys man tells victim he’ll ‘stick him like a pig’ after he ‘giggled,’ cops say
MARATHON, Fla. – Robert Allen Biser smirked in his Monroe County mugshot after being arrested on a felony charge, but, according to the sheriff’s office, another man told deputies that the 43-year-old got violent over something he didn’t think was a laughing matter at all. Deputies said...
600 scuba divers, voluteers help remove Florida Keys underwater, coastal debris
ISLAMORADA - As part of the I.CARE Trash Derby, over 600 scuba diving and other volunteers have joined forces to remove underwater and coastal debris from the Florida Keys.Cleanup activities from Key Largo to Key West will continue through Sunday.On Sunday, a Trash Derby Festival is set for Founders Park in Islamorada featuring an awards ceremony, music and environmental exhibits.Over 13,000 pounds of trash was collected by volunteers at last year's inaugural Trash Derby. The goal this year is to more than double that, with land-based cleanup crews joining dive teams to compete for awards and prizes for collecting the most trash....
Team Montlick’s State-of-the-Art Raceboat Stands Out In Marathon Season-Opener
Backed by its new sponsor for the 2024 offshore racing season, Atlanta-headquartered Montlick Injury Attorneys, the 450R Factory Stock-class team of teenage driver Logan Adan and veteran throttleman Ricky Maldonado proved it is going to be a force to be reckoned with following the season-opening race in Marathon, Fla., last weekend.
MARATHON DOLPHINS EARN CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP AS POSTSEASON OPENS
After watching the South Florida Baseball Conference title just barely slip from their grasp in the last few seasons, the 2024 Marathon Dolphins refused to be denied. The Fins played in their conference championship game at Riviera Prep on April 25, facing the Bulldogs for the third time this season. In one of those matchups, Marathon struggled late in the game, eventually losing to the Bulldogs in extra innings. Fins head coach Joey Gonzalez made sure that would be an anomaly.
Florida Keys man dies when boat crashes into dock, police say. His body found the next day
On Tuesday morning, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to reports of Paul Anthony Benavides’ body being spotted at the Driftwood Trailer Park, at mile marker 92.
MEET THE 2023-24 ALL-KEYS GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING TEAM
The Florida Keys put the rest of the state on notice this season, as three schools with relatively new girls weightlifting programs managed to secure medals and championships like they have been doing it forever. No longer is the panhandle Florida’s breeding ground for top lifters; the southernmost schools are quickly becoming where it’s at as far as girl power goes. All three teams had individual athletes qualify for states, and two schools brought home medals, given out to just the top six lifters in each weight class for the entire state.
Tarpon Time!
Hope everybody has been having a great month of fishing, I know we have been dealing with some cold oceanside and every jack cravelle passing through the Florida Keys must have made a stop in Islamorada over the last few weeks. It’s Tarpon Season here in Islamorada and this is...
Dolphins' season halted before it can get started
Days after claiming the first South Florida Baseball Conference Championship in Marathon baseball history, the Dolphins were looking for another statement win in 2024, which comes with a berth in a district championship game for the first time this century. While three straight seasons of losing in the conference championship came to an end, the skid in the district semifinals would not as Somerset Silver Palms was able to hold onto a 3-2 victory on Tuesday, April 20, on the Middle Keys campus. A hit...
LIGHTNING STRIKES OUT 'CANES
Scoring a run in the top of the fifth of the District 16-3A semifinals, the Coral Shores High baseball team made it a one-run difference against top-seeded Keys Gate but a lightning strike in the bottom of the frame pulled the teams from the field and halted the action on Tuesday, April 30, in Founders Park. The lightning did not vacate the area for more than an hour, despite the rains never falling, before the umpires made the game final, leaving the Knights as the...
Montlick's State-of-the-Art Raceboat Dominates in Florida
Team Montlick takes home the checkered flag in season opener. ATLANTA, GA / ACCESSWIRE / May 1, 2024 / The Montlick Injury Attorneys ' powerboat took the lead this Saturday in the Race World Offshore Grand Prix in Marathon, FL. The new 38-foot Doug Wright Powerboats catamaran crossed the finish line with a 1 minute, 8 second lead in a sport where milliseconds make the difference. The commanding win at the season's start establishes Montlick Injury Attorneys as the team to watch in the Factory Stock 450K Class.
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