Town Key West

The jokes were flying, the drinks were flowing and no elected official was safe as the Keys Weekly and Rotary Club of Marathon welcomed 300 guests to the splendor of Hawks Cay Resort for the 2026 Best of Marathon Awards. Held to benefit the Rotary Club of Marathon every year since its inception, the annual

Keys runners headed north to Boca Raton’s South County Regional Park on Sept. 18 for the 44th annual Spanish River Invitational, a race that gave local athletes more than an opportunity to test themselves against a massive field. The meet also offered a valuable preview of the course they will see again in the postseason.

Funds generated from Florida Keys tourism are going to support a new “Birdwalk” at the Laura Quinn Wild Bird Sanctuary in Tavernier.  On Sept. 17, local officials, community members and sanctuary staff put shovels to the dirt to mark the beginning of a $600,000 project. Entirely funded by the Monroe County Tourist Development Council, installation

Key West officials this week voted 4-3 to direct the city attorney to negotiate an “amicable separation agreement” with city manager Brian L. Barroso. Mayor Sam Kaufman and commissioners Donie Lee, Chris Massicotte and Monica Haskell voted in favor of the negotiations. Commissioners Mark Rossi, Lissette Carey and Aaron Castillo were opposed. Lee had proposed

Tolls on an alternate route into the Florida Keys will increase again, Monroe County recently announced. The latest adjustments to the tolls on Card Sound Road follow the Bureau of Labor Statistics Consumer Price Index. The toll is fully electronic and uses Toll-By-Plate, SunPass or another highway pass like E-Pass or EZ-Pass. No cash is