Summerland Key News

By CHRISTOPHER TUFFLEY christopher.tuffley@newssun.com LAKE PLACID -- In 1939, when he was 15 years old, Norman Welch's parents lied about his age so he could join the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Melodye Reger's vision for a sustainable restaurant is coming to fruition with the Sept.

The change of seasons is subtle here in the Florida Keys. The calendar on the wall in my office notes the autumnal equinox this week.

Any park or refuge is a good place for birding, and we have plenty of both to choose from in the Keys.

Former Monroe County Commisioner Dixie Spehar must repay $2,647 in unemployment benefits she improperly received from April through June, since being voted out of office in August 2008.

Authorities say two people have died in separate diving accidents in the Florida Keys while hunting for lobsters.

The Seventh Coast Guard District bridge administration branch has received a permit request to construct a pedestrian bridge next to U.S. Highway 1 between Cudjoe Key, Fla., and Summerland Key, Fla.

Authorities say two people have died in separate diving accidents in the Florida Keys while hunting for lobsters.

Two men diving for lobster died Thursday on the opening day of lobster season.A Brandon Fl.

Authorities say six Florida residents have been sentenced in federal court to prison and probation after a yearlong investigation into illegally harvested lobsters.

The former Lucky's Landing trailer park on Little Torch Key was sold at auction on Sunday, July19 for $2.75 million.

A Florida Key might be headed for a name change. A Boy Scout leader is heading a charge to rename West Summerland Key.

One local Boy Scout leader is on a mission to right a decades-old wrong. West Summerland Key is not west of Summerland Key.