The 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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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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Letter to the Editor August 15, 2020 Blue Paper Key West, I have received an anonymous, unsigned, letter on FKAA
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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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Monroe County Emergency Management Director Shannon Weiner held a COVID-19 countywide coordinating meeting this morning. There was much concern regarding
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This morning Monroe County’s Emergency Management Director, Shannon Weiner, held a countywide COVID-19 coordinating meeting for local government officials, representatives
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The following information provided by Monroe County spokesperson, Kristen Livengood: To reduce the spread of COVID-19, facial coverings over the
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The governor of the state of New York just initiated an interesting program: over the next nine months he invites every community in his state to “put pen to paper” and propose what kind of police force they want. “It’s not that government gives us their vision of what the police should look like because we have government’s vision of what the police should look like: It’s called the current police.” He wants to hear what ideas the people have to propose. Now that is a great idea. Why couldn’t the Keys and Key West do the same?
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Today, May 26, Monroe County Emergency Management Director Shannon Weiner held a COVID-19 countywide coordinating meeting. Below are some highlights.
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by Arnaud and Naja Girard On Wednesday May 20th the Board of County Commissioners gathered to discuss the county’s emergency
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On May 22nd County Mayor Heather Carruthers conducted another COVID-19 Q&A on Facebook Live. For readers who do not have
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Monroe County plans to reopen to visitors Monday, June 1 by suspending the checkpoints on U.S. 1 and State Road
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May 14, 2020 by Dr. Elias Gerth, MD, FCCM “The only thing to fear is fear itself.” FDR after the
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There’s a nationwide shortage of hospital surgical gowns and Florida Keys hospitals have not been spared. No surgical gowns could
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Monroe County’s COVID-19 Testing Task Force has been working together over the last few weeks to review the testing capabilities,
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All six mayors in the Florida Keys signed a letter sent to Governor DeSantis on April 30th asking for
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This morning the Monroe County Emergency Management division hosted the weekly COVID-19 coordinating meeting attended by government officials countywide. Below
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This morning we learned a few things during the countywide Covid-19 conference. Representatives from all Florida Keys municipalities, the Department
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Monroe County Mayor Heather Carruthers conducted another Facebook Live COVID-19 Q&A today. She address many resident concerns and spoke specifically about when and how the County will make decisions on “opening up” the Keys. You can watch the full video above. We have also transcribed a good portion of what was said for you below:
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by Naja Girard… “We have to figure out a different way,” Commissioner Sylvia Murphy said before the vote. “Something that
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