by Arnaud and Naja Girard… People who rode down Key West’s South Roosevelt Boulevard three years ago might remember seeing
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We Monroe County property owners are grossly overpaying for our windstorm insurance. Everybody knows it. But there is something we can do about it, if our County Commission will help us replace Citizens with a fair insurance program.
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“My last rental of 10 years got sold for a vacation rental…”
Read MoreThe Safe Harbor Community Center Overlay was first proposed 15 years ago to help balance unchecked development on Stock Island with the public need to preserve the diminishing working waterfront…
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A bonefish caught in the Lakes Passage just northwest of Key West harbor was found to have a schizophrenia drug in its bloodstream at a level 296 times the amount normally prescribed to a person. “It also had 8 anti-depressants at 10 to 300 times the human concentration,” says Florida International University (FIU) associate professor Dr. Jennifer Rehage. A week ago Dr. Rehage and FIU PhD candidate Nick Castillo shared the staggering results of a three-year study of the impact of pharmaceuticals on bonefish in South Florida waters with members of Florida Bay Forever in Islamorada.
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Florida Keys’ so-called “liveaboards” – people who live on boats anchored in nearshore waters – think proposed new regulations are “insane.”
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by Arnaud and Naja Girard… According to FWC, the concerted efforts of officers resulted in the apprehension of two dangerous
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There’s a new ripple in the “Treehouse Murder” case. In a March 8, 2021 deposition, the lead detective claims his boss at the sheriff’s office had coached witnesses and used fabricated evidence in building a murder case against Franklin Tyrone Tucker.
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If Florida’s House of Representatives Tyler Sirois has it his way, the Florida legislature will soon prohibit boat owners from remaining anchored in the same location for more than 90 days anywhere in the Florida Keys.
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This page is updated daily. The FDOH report shows 14 additional cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Monroe County yesterday. After adjustments the cumulative case count is now 4,010. (81 of the 4,010 cases are associated with outbreaks in longterm care facilities and 60 with the Stock Island jail.) After adjustments, increases in cumulative case counts by location include 1 more in Key West, 6 more in Key Largo, 3 more in Tavernier, 1 more in Islamorada, 1 more in Key Colony Beach, 1 more in Sugarloaf, 1 more in Ramrod, 1 more non-Florida resident. The youngest newly confirmed resident is 2 years old and the oldest is 79 years old.
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