Balancing Tourism With Eco-Preservation On Islamorada
A proposal to build an eco-friendly resort in the Upper Keys is raising questions about how to marry economic development and environmental preservation. Coral Springs urologist Dr. Albert Vorstman...
View ArticleHead To The Florida Keys for Beer Milkshakes
Combine two hot-weather refreshments, beer and ice cream, and you get a beer milkshake. Depending on your perspective, this beverage may sound either intriguing or alarming, but two restaurants in the...
View ArticleIslamorada Drawbridge Test Period Extended
Since March 16, the last drawbridge on the Overseas Highway has only opened once an hour. Before that, it opened twice an hour — which caused massive backups through the village of Islamorada in the...
View ArticlePool Party Crasher: American Crocodile
An Islamorada homeowner woke up Thursday morning to find an uninvited guest in the pool — an American crocodile. The Lower Matecumbe resident called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office . Deputies called...
View ArticleDade County Birthplace Now A Keys 'Ghost Town'
Indian Key at first appears like a typical South Florida island — mangroves on the shore, buttonwoods inland. But Brad Bertelli sees a different place. He sees Indian Key from almost two centuries...
View ArticleKeys Remembers Killer Storm, 80 Years Later
Eighty years ago, hurricanes weren't given human names. So the storm that devastated the Upper Keys in 1935 is known simply by the day it swept across Islamorada: the Labor Day Hurricane . Islamorada...
View ArticleArt Exhibit Highlight's Islamorada's Modernist Legacy
Art in Islamorada tends to focus on the subjects you might expect from a Florida Keys village that bills itself as "the sportfishing capital of the world." Popular subjects include the game fish that...
View ArticleIslamorada Embraces Its Dark Side With 'Bloodline'
The Netflix series "Bloodline" recently released its third and final season. The show is set in Islamorada and did a lot of shooting there.
View ArticleFlorida Keys Attraction and Resort Reopen Following Hurricane Irma
A resort and a major attraction are reopening about three months after Hurricane Irma slammed into the Florida Keys. Tourists can return to Islamorada’s Amara Cay Resort and Marathon’s Florida Keys...
View ArticleIslamorada Resurfacing After Irma Wipes Out Most Hotel Rooms
When Hurricane Irma crossed the Florida Keys six months ago, the Upper Keys village of Islamorada was 50 miles from the eye, which held the storm's strongest winds.
View ArticleState Starts Looking At Replacing Last Drawbridge On The Overseas Highway
On the Overseas Highway in the Keys, there's only one drawbridge left. And its end may be nearing.
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