Monroe County's water-use rules could be loosened under a new slate of regulations approved by the South Florida Water Management District.
Posted - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:56 AM EST
- Watering rules could loosen
- Florida Keys dive-death numbers grow
Two divers who died Friday in unrelated diving accidents in Florida Keys waters had a few things in common.
Posted - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:59 AM EST
- Business as usual for IberiaBank, formerly Orion
By RYAN McCARTHY
Law enforcement escorts federal regulators into what used to be Orion Bank in Marathon Friday night. (Photo by Ryan McCarthy)
Jackie Eigner, owner of Fish Tales Market and Eatery in Marathon, said she found out about Orion Bank being closed by the feds in a news story posted online Friday. She immediately signed in to her account to check her balance and saw everything was fine.
Posted - Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:55 AM EST
- Suspicions surface over job description changes in schools system
The Monroe County School District could pursue legal action against a company that might have changed minimum job requirements for several school administrators, including former Adult Education Coordinator Monique Acevedo.
Posted - Tuesday, November 17, 2009 06:22 PM EST
- Fishermen's Hospital draws UM's interest
The University of Miami has expressed an interest in somehow working with Fishermen's Hospital.
Monroe County Commissioner Mario Di Gennaro and University of Miami cardiologists Bruce Boros and Richard Berger have held preliminary talks about the possibility of UM's interest in managing Fishermen's Hospital in Marathon.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:17 AM EST
- Deputy sheriff sues over burns suffered in Keys
By PALM BEACH SHERIFF'S OFFICE
Richard Ragali (center) patrols in better days.
A 30-year veteran of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office has sued a litany of companies for causing a fire that burned him over 60 percent of his body at a Marathon gas station on Oct. 2.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:15 AM EST
- Village to lay out sewer costs at meeting
The Islamorada Village Council next week could finally decide on a plan for wastewater treatment, based on detailed cost estimates by sewer engineers.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:14 AM EST
- State auditors inspecting Keys college stats
State auditors are on campus studying Florida Keys Community College's finances and operational procedures, and at least one administrator is preparing for some negative findings, possibly released next month.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:11 AM EST
- City expands local preference for contractors
He didn't go quite as far as the Monroe County Commission would have liked, but Marathon City Councilman Dick Ramsay did offer up a compromise Tuesday on the issue of local preferences given to contractors on city jobs.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:00 AM EST
- Murphy is likely next county mayor
Much like the November 2008 selection of George Neugent, there won't be much drama when the Monroe County Commission selects a new mayor from among its ranks Wednesday in Key Largo.
Posted - Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:02 AM EST
