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Saturday, October 15, 2011

Marathon considers taxing district to subsidize airline

The Marathon City Council on Tuesday decided there's a more important question than whether residents support commercial air service to Florida Keys Marathon Airport: Would you pay for it?
Key Wester tapped as nation's top rum-drink maker

Key West bartender Jack Terry will spend the next year as the Tommy Bahama brand's in-house rumologist, formulating new cocktail recipes for the company's 13 restaurants and representing it at events.
School board approves referendum language

Members of the Monroe County School Board on Tuesday agreed to referendum language that, come Jan. 31, will ask voters to transfer $9.8 million in tax money from a capital account to the school district's general operating fund.

Few anglers enjoying bountiful slow season

Of all the places I have fished in the world there is a strangely common occurrence that takes place. The best fishing very often does not coincide with the amount of fishermen in attendance to enjoy it.
'Fishin Pole' wins the Mandich Classic

The team aboard Fishin' Pole took top honors during the Mad Dog Mandich Fishing Classic that wrapped up Oct. 8 in Islamorada.
Bokor Jr. wins the Baybone Celebrity Tournament

A formidable contender in the Redbone Trilogy series, Jim Bokor Jr. of Buffalo, N.Y., was named grand champion at the Baybone Celebrity Tournament that ended Oct. 9 in Key Largo.

Bahamas oil drilling could begin by 2012

As state, local and federal officials brace for a major offshore drilling operation to begin between Cuba in Key West in December, another exploratory well may be drilled a year later in the Bahamas.
Sun will power 32,000 Florida homes

What would be the southeast's largest solar-power farm, generating enough electricity for 32,000 homes, will be built in the Florida Panhandle.
On-the-go coffee comes to the Middle Keys

Longtime general contractor Curly Smythe has given up building coffee shops in Oregon to run one of his own here in the Florida Keys.