With the peak of the tropical storm season approaching, the Florida Keys this week looked to be in the clear from a nearby tropical storm, while one far away was being watched closely.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
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The head of the Keys public school district says he is still running his re-election campaign on a platform of student achievement and fiscal responsibility, and has denied claims that he faces foreclosure on his Key West home.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 01:00 AM EDT
School Board member John Dick says the Monroe County School District has accumulated too much debt and needs to work on paying it off before starting new construction projects, like a new Plantation Key School.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
Just days after former Islamorada mayor Ron Levy was fired as a village project manager, village council members approved hiring a new project manager at more than double the hourly rate at their meeting Aug. 28.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
While Hurricane Gustav was bearing down on the Gulf Coast Monday morning, a group of Islamorada residents was sweating in the Keys sun with barely a breeze in the sky.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
- Village trash contract tabled after debate
Village Manager Ken Fields gestures while Dave Boerner listens during a debate about the town’s garbage contract. (Photo by David Ball)
Islamorada’s garbage and solid waste contract caused a bit of a stink during last week’s village council meeting, and it will get a second airing in a workshop at 11 a.m. Wednesday at the Bernard Russell Fire Station.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
- Correction
A headline in the Aug. 29-Sept. 4 edition of the reporter incorrectly stated that Monroe County School Board member Duncan Mathewson won his fourth term on the board in the Aug. 26 primary. He actually won his second four-year term.
Posted - Friday, September 05, 2008 06:00 AM EDT
- Supreme Court nixes tax swap ballot amendment
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida Supreme Court dealt a blow to a tax revision plan and school vouchers Wednesday, removing from the November ballot three controversial amendments that could have dramatically altered the future of Florida.
Posted - Thursday, September 04, 2008 08:20 AM EDT
- Don't expect less of a tax increase
Don't expect many more cuts in the county budget for the coming fiscal year -- but do expect the big tax increase that's already on the table.
Posted - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
- Middle Keys housing project in jeopardy
Old Town Key West Development owner Ed Swift says a tight credit market may jeopardize his plans to build a 40-home affordable housing project in Marathon.
Posted - Wednesday, September 03, 2008 07:01 AM EDT
