- LETTER: VIETNAM VETERANS RECEIVE A ‘CEREMONY OF GRATITUDE’ IN KEY LARGOby Contributed on April 2, 2025 at 8:03 pm
Dear Editor, The Ceremony of Gratitude presented by the Daughters of the American Revolution, hosted by Italian Food Company owners Tony and Isis Wright and Bobbie Wright, in Key Largo
- FLORIDA MAN STRUCK AND KILLED IN KEY LARGOby Jim McCarthy on April 2, 2025 at 6:50 pm
A 69-year-old Florida man was struck and killed while attempting to cross U.S. 1 in Key Largo the morning of April 1. According to Florida Highway Patrol, the man was
- HIP TO THE SCENE: HOLD THE SALT, PLEASEby Ray West on April 2, 2025 at 2:48 pm
Certainly, life on this little spot of land in the middle of the ocean has its share of warm delights — plentiful sunshine, year-round summer and fresh, salt air. But
- TAKE ME HOME: ADORABLE FACES ARE WAITING AT THE FKSPCAby Contributed on April 2, 2025 at 2:42 pm
Keys Weekly is thrilled each week to showcase some “furever” friends that are ready, waiting and available for their perfect adoption “match” at the Florida Keys SPCA’s Marathon campus –
- JUST OLDER YOUTH: VOLUNTEERS & STAFF PRODUCE SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMMINGby Travis Cready on April 2, 2025 at 2:34 pm
By E.G. Merkel “An organization, no matter how well designed, is only as good as the people who live and work in it,” according to Dee Hock. Activities and events
- RENOWNED ‘DOGTOGRAPHER’ KAYLEE GREER’S FOUNDATION BEGINS TOUR WITH SHELTER DOGS IN KEY LARGOby Contributed on April 1, 2025 at 5:31 pm
The Dog Breath Foundation, founded by renowned pet photographer and star of National Geographic’s “Pupparazzi,” Kaylee Greer, is embarking on the second leg of its Greatest Adventure Tour. Greer and
- MISSION: ICONIC REEFS REFLECTS ON 5 YEARS AND SUCCESSFUL PARTNERSHIP MODELby Tiffany Duong on April 1, 2025 at 4:27 pm
Coral restoration practitioners and environmental enthusiasts recently marked the fifth anniversary of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary’s landmark Mission: Iconic Reefs (M:IR) program, celebrating the innovative partnership model that
- TINA BOAN NAMED MONROE COUNTY ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATORby Contributed on April 1, 2025 at 4:18 pm
Monroe County Commissioners approved the promotion of Tina Boan, senior director of budget and finance, to assistant county administrator during a March 25 meeting in Key Largo. The county said
- ANNUAL ISLAND FEST BRINGS BOATS, FLOATS, MUSIC & MORE TO FOUNDERS PARK APRIL 5-6by Travis Cready on April 1, 2025 at 4:16 pm
The Islamorada Chamber of Commerce’s 33rd Annual Island Fest will take place on Saturday and Sunday, April 5-6, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Founders Park, MM 87, bayside.
- WILD THINGS: COOPS VERSUS SHARPIESby Mark Hedden on April 1, 2025 at 4:11 pm
I was sitting down on the back deck, hammering nails in planks, when I looked up into the mahogany tree and saw a shadow. It was high in the upper