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What ever happened with FOLK’s Clean Water Act lawsuit against the City of Marathon?

Blue Paper Editor — Wed, 07 Feb 2024 16:02:08 +0000

With the help of Don Maynard, a Florida geologist with extensive hydrogeology expertise who volunteered his time, FOLKs sued Marathon

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MARATHON, FLORIDA KEYS: What’s in the water?

Arnaud and Naja Girard — Fri, 10 Nov 2023 14:32:43 +0000

A group of Florida Keys residents take matters into their own hands and discover what's really going on in that green and sometimes stinky water...

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Sylvia Murphy: The People’s Commissioner

Contributed — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 20:09:47 +0000

by Christine Russel…. Everyone in the Upper Keys knew and loved Sylvia Murphy but she belonged to all of us.

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POLICE SHOOTING: JURY DOESN’T BUY FWC’S STORY

Arnaud and Naja Girard — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 22:50:18 +0000

by Arnaud and Naja Girard… People who rode down Key West’s South Roosevelt Boulevard three years ago might remember seeing

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Windstorm Fiasco

Rick Boettger — Sun, 04 Sep 2022 20:48:07 +0000

by Rick Boettger…. Our Monroe County government has decided not to lift a finger to try to reduce our exorbitant

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Undercut Citizens

Rick Boettger — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:52:21 +0000

We Monroe County property owners are grossly overpaying for our windstorm insurance. Everybody knows it. But there is something we can do about it, if our County Commission will help us replace Citizens with a fair insurance program.

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Housing Crisis Causes Hardship for Military Families

Contributed — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 19:48:44 +0000

Letter to the Editor: My husband has been active duty in the Coast Guard for over 17 years. We currently

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“My last rental of 10 years got sold for a vacation rental…”

Contributed — Thu, 26 May 2022 16:49:21 +0000

"My last rental of 10 years got sold for a vacation rental..."

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Stock Island: Proposed Zoning Changes Equal “Blank Check” for a Few Investors

Contributed — Wed, 18 May 2022 02:37:38 +0000

The Safe Harbor Community Center Overlay was first proposed 15 years ago to help balance unchecked development on Stock Island with the public need to preserve the diminishing working waterfront...

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Water Quality: Are Fish Addicted to Key West Drugs?

Arnaud and Naja Girard — Fri, 13 May 2022 14:17:34 +0000

A bonefish caught in the Lakes Passage just northwest of Key West harbor was found to have a schizophrenia drug in its bloodstream at a level 296 times the amount normally prescribed to a person. “It also had 8 anti-depressants at 10 to 300 times the human concentration,” says Florida International University (FIU) associate professor Dr. Jennifer Rehage. A week ago Dr. Rehage and FIU PhD candidate Nick Castillo shared the staggering results of a three-year study of the impact of pharmaceuticals on bonefish in South Florida waters with members of Florida Bay Forever in Islamorada.

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