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• CORAL SHORES STUDENT RECEIVES HIGH HONOR AND A SCHOLARSHIP January 20, 2025
  Nathaniel Shugarman of Coral Shores High School will represent Monroe County as a Sunshine State Scholar.  The state scholar program awards a one-year college scholarship to each student chosen for the honor. Students are chosen based on their accomplishments in the areas of science, technology, engineering and/or math (STEM). The scholarships are funded by Florida’s […]
• KEY WEST AIRPORT BREAKS RECORD IN DECEMBER January 20, 2025
  December 2024 was Key West International Airport’s best December on record, with 143,606 passengers using the airport for the month. 2024 was transformative for EYW, with ballooning passenger counts and continued construction on the airport’s new eight-gate Concourse A.  For the year 2024, 1,449,649 passengers used the airport, representing a 9.7% bump for the year […]
• WILD THINGS: KUNG FU HERONS & THEIR PLACE IN THE GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS January 20, 2025
  It was the third year that Ellen Westbrook and I had done the morning part of the Christmas Bird Count by bike, which officially made it a tradition. Our territory was Old Town Key West, everything west of White Street.  It was a bit blowy, which was mostly fine, except for the few times Ellen, […]
• KEY WEST COMPETITION CHEER SQUAD EYES SECOND CONSECUTIVE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS BID January 20, 2025
  Monroe County’s only competition cheerleading squad is putting the finishing touches on their routine before heading to the FHSAA Region 4 Championships on Jan. 25. The Lady Conchs will be competing in the small, non-tumbling division against a dozen other teams in hopes of another bid to states to make it two years in a […]
• KEYS HISTORY: STORIES OF FARMING, THE MOB & SHIPBUILDING ON PLANTATION KEY January 20, 2025
  The island is called Plantation Key because of the farming that once happened here. It started with pineapples planted by Capt. Ben Baker and his sons. They are considered the first to operate a pineapple plantation in the Keys.  In the late 1850s, they developed fields on Key Largo and Plantation Key. The Bakers weren’t […]
• MARATHON FRESHMAN JACK CHAPMAN TIES THREE-POINTER SCHOOL RECORD January 20, 2025
  Jack ChapmanFreshman, MarathonBasketball “Jack is a generational athlete for Marathon who has the ability to do great things and the attitude and motivation to accomplish them.” – Jim Murphy, Fins head coach In a recent game, Marathon’s Jack Chapman made a statement, scoring 32 points with all but two of them coming from behind the […]