Florida Keys Weekly Newspapers

The Florida Keys’ elections supervisor announced this week that results of the Aug. 18 election will be delayed until about 10 p.m. due to the removal of landlines from all 33 polling places in the island chain.  Monroe County has long relied on those landlines to securely transmit election results via fax machine from the […]

Until recent years, relatively few beverage choices were available to bar patrons who didn’t want alcoholic refreshment. Whether embracing a sober lifestyle or just not in the mood for a buzz, they were limited to soda or juice, the “kids’ choice” Shirley Temple, maybe a virgin Mary, or an uninspiring soda water with lime.  Of […]

And just like that, summer break is over. Aug. 12 marked the return of students to the classroom and the arrival of new teachers and staff at Upper Keys schools. Amid the hustle and bustle before the first bell rang, teachers took a moment from the classroom prep and instructional plans to speak with the […]

The History of Diving Museum on Saturday, Aug. 15, will celebrate William Beebe and Otis Barton’s record-breaking dive in the Bathysphere on the same date in 1934.  The museum will portray what this milestone meant for diving history and understanding about creatures of the deep sea while seeing them for the very first time in […]

As kids hit the hallways on Aug. 12, they’re not the only ones getting used to their new classrooms. There are four new faces on the teaching staff at MMHS this year – including a new assistant principal – and the Keys Weekly is proud to introduce them to our community. JANELLE VILITSKI MHS exceptional […]