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Time is right for dolphin, grouper and tarpon
Every where I go around town people are talking about the great fishing all over the Upper Keys this past week. Comment?
A welcome goodbye to a bleak stone-crab season
The closure of stone-crab season today may be barely noticed by the Florida Keys commercial fleet.With costs of making a trip to pull traps often higher than the value of claws harvested, many Monroe County stone-crabbers gave up on the poor season months ago.The seven-month season was only weeks old when Gary Graves of Marathon's Keys Fisheries ... (more) Comment?
Landscaped sewer sites become thorny issue
A fuss over flowers festooning Duck Key's visible sewer stations should be resolved peaceably today, a community leader says. Comment?
After 11 years, 'Grove' is paid off
The Spiegel Grove is free and clear after a decade plus a year. A payment made last week closed the books on a loan taken out by the Key Largo Chamber of Commerce to finance the sinking of the mothballed U.S. Navy ship Spiegel Grove, now one of the diving world's best-known shipwreck reefs."We're excited to have that behind us," chamber board ... (more) Comment?
Change likely for Coastal Barrier rules
A rule change could allow residents of some environmentally sensitive areas to connect to utility systems, a consultant reports to the Monroe County Commission today in Key Largo.The report by Keith and Schnars on county rules covering lands within the federal Coastal Barrier Resource System suggests that the vast majority of affected property is ... (more) Comment?
Fighter pilots hone water survival skills
On a dark night in January 2008, members of the 482nd Fighter Wing based at Homestead Air Reserve Base were practicing air combat in blackout conditions high above the Keys. Comment?
Group effort saves injured loggerhead
An injured loggerhead turtle was saved by a group of good Samaritans, state wildlife police, U.S. Coast Guardsmen and Coast Guard Auxiliary volunteers Sunday. Comment?
Will Keys get $2 million in sewer money?
The $20 million award expected would have been preferable, but the city of Marathon and Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District won't be scoffing if their $1 million grants for water projects survive Gov. Comment?
Alleged grifter facing child porn charges
At least one half of a supposed husband and wife team who allegedly conned their way across the country before coming to the Keys is facing child pornography charges.Robert Pearl, 39, is already in Monroe County jail on a third degree felony charge for showing a fake drivers license to a deputy. Comment?
County increasingly looks to buying Rowell's Marina
The Rowell family sold its eight acres of Key Largo bayfront property more than seven years ago but the site, virtually vacant, still goes by the name of Rowell's Marina.Plans for pricey condominiums came and went, and now Monroe County has ordered two new appraisals to see if a purchase for public use may be within reach. Comment?
Still no answer in Key Largo house fires
A tin roof wilted by searing heat banged out a disconsolate rhythm against its charred support poles in Thursday's winds, five days after fire devastated two Cross Key Waterways homes in Key Largo. Comment?
Bill to make FKAA elected board dies in Senate
Despite unanimous approval by the state House, a local bill aimed at establishing an elected Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority board of directors was never taken up by the Senate.House Bill 1321, sponsored by Rep. Comment?
New department formed, board members chosen
Just days after Key Largo firefighters voted on concessions aimed at saving their department, a new nonprofit company formed prepared to take over fire-rescue services.The new company the Key Largo Volunteer Fire Department will replace the Key Largo Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department effective May 27 unless the board of ... (more) Comment?
May marks the arrival of the silver kings
May has finally arrived and the fishing could not be better here in the Upper Keys. Comment?
Pennsylvania woman missing since 2002 found in Key Largo
A 53-year-old woman who has been missing from Pennsylvania since February 2002 was found in the Florida Keys after she turned herself in to a Monroe County Sheriffs Office deputy on Friday. Comment?
Lobbying already starts for possible 2014 sewer money
The Florida Legislature's session that winds to a close Friday should end with few surprises for Monroe County, said county Mayor George Neugent.After a trip to Tallahassee this week, County Administrator Roman Gastesi and Neugent said talks with Gov. Comment?
Bill creating elected FKAA moving through Legislature
The Florida House on Thursday unanimously approved a bill that would change the Florida Keys Aqueduct Authority from an appointed to elected board while the Senate companion on Tuesday was referred to the Rules Committee.If approved by both chambers, the measure would go to Gov. Comment?
Still no cause yet for fire that destroyed homes
A fire in a Key Largo neighborhood spread quickly and destroyed two homes Sunday, largely due to a combination of high winds and lack of available water to battle the blaze. Comment?
Fire destroys three Key Largo homes
A fire destroyed three homes in a Key Largo neighborhood Sunday afternoon. All the homes were unoccupied and nobody was injured, said Becky Herrin, a spokeswoman with the Monroe County Sheriffs Office. Comment?
Keys won't see Citizens new-policy hikes
After twice delaying a vote, the state Senate on Thursday approved a controversial bill that could mean significant Citizens Property Insurance Corp. Comment?