The Islamorada Village Council faces a July 9 deadline to decide whether efforts continue to build a central sewage system or stop progress dead in its tracks.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
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It appears that a city-ordered audit of the Bahama Conch Community Land Trust could put the trust's lease agreement for 6.6 acres of the Truman Waterfront in limbo for several more months.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
Early Tuesday morning, two men in their 20s were seen knocking over garbage cans and smashing windows of four cars along Elizabeth Street in Key West, according to the Key West Police Department.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
There's no denying central sewers are necessary to the future of the Florida Keys, but that doesn't make it any easier to pay for.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
Randy and Monique Acevedo made their way toward the courtroom in the Freeman Justice Center on Wednesday morning. In court, Monique Acevedo told Judge Mark Jones that she doesn't have the money to pay a defense attorney to represent her. (Photo by SEAN KINNEY)
Judge Mark Jones ruled Wednesday that Monique Acevedo is eligible for representation by the public defender's office, basing his decision on a financial affidavit in which Acevedo claimed just $2,600 in cash and savings and $237,000 in debt.
Posted: Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
- Fields presents his budget Wednesday
Islamorada Village Manager Ken Fields will present the first draft of his 2009-10 operating budget and corresponding property tax rate to the village council and to the public at a workshop Wednesday, July 8, at 5:30 p.m. at the Founders Park Community Center.
Posted - Saturday, July 04, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
An aerial view of the wastewater treatment facility at mile marker 100 in Key Largo.
SPECIAL REPORT | Countdown to 2010
One year to state deadline for Keys sewersJuly 1 marks exactly one year until the state-mandated deadline for sewering all of the Florida Keys to achieve advanced wastewater standards. See complete coverage of the issues, construction progress and remaining hurdles in a special series on the countdown to 2010.
Posted - Friday, July 03, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
- Village residents to air sewer complaints
Islamorada Mayor Don Achenberg this week called for a meeting to hear from residents complaining about problems with the North Plantation Key sewer system and concerns over upcoming assessments.
Posted - Friday, July 03, 2009 11:00 AM EDT
- Sewer overview
Debates about the need for central sewers in the Keys -- individual on-site cesspits and septic tanks are now in wide use -- go back as far as 1958, when politicos in the newly built city of Key Colony Beach grappled over sewer installation.
Posted - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
- State parks open their arms
All state parks in the Keys remain open today and for the Fourth of July weekend -- which wasn't certain earlier this year.
Posted - Wednesday, July 01, 2009 11:01 AM EDT
