Islamorada News

ISLAMORADA: A pilot reportedly was injured when his helicopter crashed in the water about 2:30 p.m. Saturday offshore Mile Marker 77.5. Someone from the nearby Robbie's Marina brought the pilot to shore, where paramedics took him to Mariners Hospital with minor injuries.

Are you still full from Thanksgiving? I sincerely hope the holiday was a good one for youOne year when I used to run the party boat 'Gulf Lady,' one of the regular deep-water wreck customers caught a 22-pound mutton snapper with us.

With the economy still in the doldrums, there's plenty of heartache to go around this holiday season.

Local law enforcement agencies are collecting unwrapped holiday toys and monetary donations for needy children and seeking needy families who want a visit from Santa.

Aside from the armed guard and government notices, it appeared to be business as usual Saturday at the former Orion Bank in Key West, seized a day before by federal regulators.

Candidates have filed to run for all five Islamorada Village Council seats up for election in March 2010, and the field so far includes four incumbents, a former mayor and three past candidates.In Seat 1, current Mayor Don Achenberg is running for a second two-year term against challenger Paul Bates, who ran unsuccessfully against Achenberg in ...

Sun, warm sand and sea breezes swirl together with the sumptuous taste of fine wines, beers and spirits during Islamorada's second annual Wine on the Water, set for Saturday and Sunday, Nov.

All-American roadsters are roaring into town. As many as 300 Corvettes are motoring into Islamorada Friday through Sunday, Nov.

Become an angler or improve your fishing skills in just one weekend! Even if you've never fished before, the "Ladies, Let's Go Fishing!" seminar series offers training and real hands-on experience for women to learn how to fish as well as a chance to go fishing on the water! For the intermediate and advanced anglers, there are classes geared toward ...

What's called the Amazing Race of Islamorada will serve as a good test of endurance in the hot Florida Keys sun.Sponsored by the Islamorada Wrestling Club and Robbie's Marina, it consists of a three-mile run, a two-mile kayak trip and a six-mile bike ride.The event is set for 10 a.m. Nov.

When Cheeca Lodge & Spa reopens in Islamorada this December 15th, its' landmark Atlantic's Edge restaurant will be under the creative direction of newly hired "Concept Chef" Dean James Max -- who is known closer to home for his 3030 Ocean at the Marriot Harbor Beach in Ft.

Many hotels and resorts in Key West are requiring a four-night minimum during Fantasy Fest, which continues through Nov.

Oct. 28--The Days Inn Oceanfront Resort in Islamorada and Big Pine Fishing Lodge on Big Pine Key are the latest hotels to participate in the South Florida Water Management District's Water CHAMP program.

For the first time since the Village Council began discussing pumping Islamorada's sewage to Key Largo more than four years ago, a majority of the council has said it wants to make that happen.

Three fun and interesting activities are available for adults and children Monday evening, Oct.

After some six months of speculation, the village finally has a signed contract giving it the option to purchase the Islamorada Tennis Club property to house a central sewer plant.

Marathon Marina on 11th Street Oceanside has new owners at its helm. Islamorada residents Phillip Sena, owner of the The Caribbean Resort, and longtime friend Robert Leef closed Thursday on the 118-slip marina, boatyard, ship's store and restaurant.The new owners' first priority is to spruce up the restaurant building and get it open again.Sena ...

Islamorada has at most a month to decide whether to connect to the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District's pipeline.

A 67-year-old Tennessee man died Tuesday while diving the Benwood wreck off Islamorada.U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West says Larry Reeves, from Marysville, Tenn., was at the wreck, four miles east of Rodriguez Key, in the afternoon.Coast Guard search-and-rescue coordinators received the initial report of Reeves missing at 2:30 p.m. from the Coral ...

Charred wood from the back of attorney Joe Miklas' office building has been sent to a forensics laboratory in Tallahassee to determine whether an early morning fire at Mile Marker 88.8 was deliberately set.