ISLAMORADA — Roadside sculptures drew mixed reviews at the Islamorada Village Council meeting Sept. 19. “Fragments,” a set of three statues by Shiho Sato, appears to be headed for a state-owned strip of bayside land near mile marker 80 on Upper Matecumbe Key as part...
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Islamorada, Overseas Highway
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Hundreds of foot racers are to experience the panorama above the Upper Keys and the eastern edges of the Florida Everglades in the annual First State Bank Key Largo Bridge Run set for Saturday, Nov. 10. Runners of all ages can enjoy the scenic race...
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Events, Key Largo, Overseas Highway
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Standing just east of U.S. Route 1 at mile marker 82 in Islamorada is the Florida Keys Memorial Hurricane Monument designed by the Florida Division of the Federal Art Project and constructed using Keys limestone (“keystone”) by the Works Progress Administration. Unveiled in 1937 with...
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History, Holiday, Islamorada, Overseas Highway
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Marathon leaders are setting a laundry list of goals for the new year that include protecting residential areas, adding amenities, creating more workforce housing and more. “We are planning to work with [state Rep.] Holly Raschein and [state Sen.] Anitere Flores to regain more control...
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Marathon, Overseas Highway
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We often think we need to escape to the Bahamas or elsewhere in the Caribbean to get to paradise, but the truth is that we have a paradise right at home in the U.S. That’s right, we’re talking about the Florida Keys. Most of us...
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Florida Keys, Key Largo, Key West, Marathon, Overseas Highway, Resorts, Tourism
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With the changes to the US economy, due to the recession from 2008-2010, Americans changed their vacation, and weekend road trip, choices from overseas locations to more local ones that can be driven to. This has had an impact on traffic at many desirable locations...
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Islamorada, Key Largo, Overseas Highway
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The Middle Florida Keys are an often overlooked destination. Lying between the Upper Florida Keys where you will find the Diving & Fishing Capitals of Key Largo and Islamorada and the Lower Florida Keys with Big Pine Key’s Key Deer and world famous Key West, the...
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Boating, Bridges, Camping, Diving, Environment, Fishing, History, Long Key, Marathon, Music, Overseas Highway, Parks, Reefs, Resorts, Restaurants, Tourism
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Construction on a new million-dollar bridge to carry pedestrians and bicyclists over “The Cut” through Key Largo likely begins this spring. When finished, the span will cross about 120 feet of water at the Marvin D. Adams Waterway at mile marker 103.6. Monroe County Commissioners will...
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Key Largo, Overseas Highway
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Sunset Cove, the oldest motel in Key Largo, has been in business 65 years. Photo by Jessica Weiss Bud Cornell slumps into a chair under a thatched chickee roof at the Sunset Cove Beach Resort in Key Largo. Taking a break from wrestling with his...
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Overseas Highway, Real Estate
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