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Ocean Reef Community Foundation Awards $50K Grant to Chapters Health Foundation Grant Supports Program Startup, Hiring, Recruitment, COVID-19 Testing and Charity Care for Chapters Health Hospice News provided by Share this article Share this article TAMPA, Fla., May 13, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ocean Reef Community Foundation awarded Chapters Health Hospice, an affiliate of Chapters Health System, a $50,000 community grant. This helps cover startup costs for Chapters Health Hospice, allowing t...

The celebration of world music enlivens Islamorada’s music scene Saturday and Sunday, May 29-30. Music and culture are on tap for Upper Keys audiences during Memorial Day weekend, with performances starting at 6 p.m. at the Florida Keys Brewing Co., located at 81611 Old Highway in Islamorada. Saturday’s schedule at the popular brewery features Electric Piquete, a critically acclaimed Latin funk band known for its innovative originals and interpretations drawing on Afro-Caribbean, jazz...

Benchmarks: November 16, 1990: Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary is established by Bethany Augliere Friday, October 12, 2018 Designated in November 1990, the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary protects nearly 10,000 square kilometers of ocean surrounding the islands, including North Americas only barrier reef. Credit: K. Cantner, AGI. Off the tip of the Florida Peninsula lies the world’s third-largest living coral reef, the Great Florida Reef. The only barrier reef system in...

Visiting the Florida Keys? You’ll pay the highest hotel rates in the nation, survey says Gwen Filosa, Miami Herald © Dreamstime/TNS Key West leads the country when it comes to the most expensive hotel prices this spring. MIAMI – If you’re planning an overnight stay in Key West, prepare to dig deep to pay for a hotel room. In fact, it’ll cost you more than any other destination in the nation, a new survey says. Key West leads the country when it comes to the most expen...

The celebration of world music enlivens Islamorada’s music scene Saturday and Sunday, May 29-30. Music and culture are on tap for Upper Keys audiences during Memorial Day weekend, with performances starting at 6 p.m. at the Florida Keys Brewing Co., located at 81611 Old Highway in Islamorada. Saturday’s schedule at the popular brewery features Electric Piquete, a critically acclaimed Latin funk band known for its innovative originals and interpretations drawing on Afro-Caribbean, jazz...

A proposed road-widening project and elevated express lane that would bypass a key portion of Florida City’s commercial corridor and connect the Florida Turnpike to U.S. 1 just before the 18-Mile Stretch is garnering opposition from business leaders both on the mainland and in the island chain. The Florida Department of Transportation began a study in 2017 to evaluate the future traffic needs of the region and determined a need to widen a 3-mile portion of U.S. 1 in the next few years base...

The celebration of world music enlivens Islamorada’s music scene Saturday and Sunday, May 29-30. Music and culture are on tap for Upper Keys audiences during Memorial Day weekend, with performances starting at 6 p.m. at the Florida Keys Brewing Co., located at 81611 Old Highway in Islamorada. Saturday’s schedule at the popular brewery features Electric Piquete, a critically acclaimed Latin funk band known for its innovative originals and interpretations drawing on Afro-Caribbean, jazz...

The Monroe County Sheriffs Office continues its fight against a lingering, insidious public health emergency: opioid addiction. In recent weeks, the arrest log has seen a large number of local arrests for trafficking, dealing and possession of drugs such as oxycodone and heroin, as well as cocaine and sometimes even methamphetamine. On Saturday, a traffic stop on U.S. 1 in the Upper Keys led to a 23-year-old Miami motorist being arrested after heroin and other drugs were found in the car. Cesar...

Many visitors to the Florida Keys are awed by the sky-and-seascapes that unroll toward the horizon like a series of ever-changing paintings. And throughout the island chain, these nature-created vistas are complemented by open-air works by artists, ranging from vivid ocean murals to thought-provoking large-scale sculptures. Many are part of the 81-mile Florida Keys Sculpture Trail that extends from Islamorada to Key West. Placed at locations along the Florida Keys Overseas Highway — the on...

After roughly 10 years of debate and permitting, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District and Oxitec announced Friday that the release of genetically modified mosquitoes will begin as early as next week. Project managers anticipate that, during the last week of April and first week of May, release boxes, non-release boxes and netted quality control boxes will be placed in six locations: two on Cudjoe Key, one on Ramrod Key and three on Vaca Key in Marathon, according to Oxitec spokeswoman Mer...