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The students try unsuccessfully to tag the great white shark.
A shark-tagging expedition Monday off the Middle Keys provided a toothy surprise for Coral Shores High School students when a great white shark took the bait.
"I got to cross 'seeing a great white shark' off of my bucket list without leaving my hometown," said Coral Shores senior Mallory Wiecjorek, who helped bring the shark close to the RV Endsley, a boat run by Curt-A-Sea Adventures of Islamorada.
It also was an Atlantic Ocean first for Capt. Curt Slonim, running the boat trip in 130 feet of water off Duck Key for the R.J. Dunlap Marine Conservation program, based at the University of Miami.
Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:45 AM EDT
Lots of planning and fundraising were done in advance of the Marathon Dog Park opening in January 2010.
More than three years later, the park at U.S. 1 and 75th Street has lost some of its luster due to a combination of dogs running and digging, and lack of sunlight because of trees, killing grass in several large areas. All that remains is soil.
Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:30 AM EDT
Kristen Rivera
Kristen Rivera and Didier Miles were two young Miami-Dade County waiters who came to Islamorada for the annual end-of-season bash for South Florida restaurant industry workers.
But Rivera, 22, never made it out of the Keys alive, and Miles, 24, was flown to Ryder Trauma Center in Miami-Dade in serious condition after they got into a head-on collision with a taxi early Monday evening.
Posted: Thursday, May 16, 2013 06:48 PM EDT
The Marathon City Council on Tuesday approved taxi regulation that is less onerous than originally presented and should help ensure cab customers are hitching rides with reputable companies.
Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:10 AM EDT
A kennel-cough outbreak that's kept the Marathon animal shelter under quarantine for almost a month is on the verge of being lifted, interim Director Cora Baggs says.
Posted: Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:30 AM EDT
Commission OKs beautifying sewer lift stations
Sewer-system stations installed along Florida Keys roads could be prettier, Monroe County commissioners agreed Wednesday.
Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
Marathon council gives final OK to zip line
Much to the chagrin of many neighbors, visitors to Marathon's Crane Point Museum and Nature Center could be zip-lining over the property's hardwood hammock canopy sometime in 2014.
Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 06:00 AM EDT
Six are finalists for high-level School District job
After a series of interviews on Wednesday, six finalists out of 12 applicants are left vying for the job of operations and planning director for the Monroe County School District.
Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:20 AM EDT
Putney: I'm done opposing No Name electricity
Longtime No Name Key resident and vocal commercial electricity opponent Alicia Putney says she's throwing in the towel on the fight to keep No Name Key off the grid.
Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:45 AM EDT
Despite concerns, BP panel to prioritize projects
No one knows how much it will be or when it will come, but a new Monroe County committee has been tasked with ranking projects for local money from Deepwater Horizon settlements.
Posted - Saturday, May 18, 2013 10:00 AM EDT
