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updated: Mon Jul 07, 2008 11:44 am

Islamorada News

Local news for Islamorada, FL continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

Monday | Florida Keys Keynoter

Rescuers can't save rare whale stranded in Keys

A rare beaked whale that stranded itself last week off the Keys was euthanized at 6:13 p.m. Monday, June 23.

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Related Topix: Key Largo, FL

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Florida Keys Keynoter

Sealife mural going on dive shop

Artist David Dunleavy is painting a mural on the walls of Captain Slate's Atlantis Dive Center he said to raise public awareness of the importance of the Florida Keys living coral reef ecosystem.

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Related Topix: Arts, Painting, Key Largo, FL

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Florida Keys Keynoter

Cheeca, Indigo Bay moving ahead

Despite a virtual halt in Keys redevelopment, two resort projects are expected to move ahead in Islamorada.Owners of the luxury resort Cheeca Lodge are planning to replace its golf course with more units, while ...

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

Florida Keys Keynoter

Crash in Islamorada closes lane of U.S. 1

The southbound lane of U.S. 1 at mile marker 84 in Islamorada is blocked following an early-morning crash of two tractor trailers.

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Mon Jun 30, 2008

CBS 4

Stranded Keys Whale Had Meningitis

A rare beaked whale that stranded itself off the Florida Keys had Meningitis. An intensive necropsy performed by the Marine Mammal Conservancy found evidence of infection in multiple organs and that the whales' ...

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Related Topix: Key Largo, FL

Fri Jun 27, 2008

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Necropsy results released for stranded beaked whale

We now know why a whale stranded in the Florida Keys had to be euthanized. Necropsy results show the 14-foot-long beaked whale was suffering from meningitis, infections on several organs and had a heavy ...

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Wed Jun 25, 2008

WSVN-TV Miami Beach

Volunteers rescue whale stranded in the Keys

A whale that stranded itself on a shallow bank just off of Islamorada was rescued and taken for examination before it is released to open waters again.

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Mon Jun 23, 2008

Hotel Online

First guests check in at Ocean Dawn Suites in Islamorada

Jun. 20--A cozy, eight-room oceanfront resort had its grand opening in Islamorada on Tuesday, June 10.

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Sat Jun 21, 2008

WJXX

Navy Conducts Hearing Tests on Rare Whale in Florida

A team of U.S. Navy audiologists conducted a hearing test Saturday on a rare beaked whale convalescing at a marine mammal rehabilitation center in the Florida Keys.

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Related Topix: Audiology, Medicine, Key Largo, FL

Fri Jun 20, 2008

CBS4

Marine Rescue Workers Cover A Whale Found Stranded Off Islamorada

Marine rescue workers on Friday have been attending to a stranded whale found off Islamorada near mile marker 75.5, covering it with heavy tarp to protect it from the sun.

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Related Topix: Key Largo, FL, Africa, Guinea-Bissau, World News

Tue Jun 17, 2008

FOX 4 Florida

High fuel costs hurt charter, commercial fishing

In the Florida Keys town that calls itself the "Sportfishing Capital of the World," there's a saying among anglers: Even during a depression, a man has money for beer and fishing.

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Sat Jun 14, 2008

Palm Beach Post

Readers' weddings

Nina Gintoli and James David Jackson were married March 28 at the Coconut Cove Resort in Islamorada.

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Tue Jun 10, 2008

The Reporter

Texas hold 'em

Texans Amy and Abby Richards, and their cousin Brian Leavell from Key Largo, hold this 69-pound dolphin Abby Richards caught aboard the Suzanne Too, captained by John Taskowitz out of Whale Harbor Marina in ...

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Related Topix: Key Largo, FL

Sun Jun 08, 2008

St. Augustine Record

Stalvey-Wilson

WEDDING The beach in Islamorada in the Florida Keys was the setting at sunset April 19 for the marriage of Sheree Stalvey and Gary Miller Wilson Jr.

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Related Topix: Wedding, St. Augustine Beach, FL, Palatka, FL, St. Augustine, FL

Sun Jun 01, 2008

The Reporter

Islamorada Village Council addresses administrative relief

"I just want to build a house, a basic house next to where my parents lived," Islamorada resident Frank Ortiz told the Village Council at its regular meeting Thursday night.

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Fri May 30, 2008

Florida Keys Keynoter

Roads stay busy

Accidents, arrests mark the weekend It might have been a holiday for everyone else, but Monroe County Sheriff's Office deputies and Florida state troopers were busy over the Memorial Day weekend with a slew of ...

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Related Topix: Monroe County, FL, Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Key West, FL, Tavernier, FL

Fri May 23, 2008

The Miami Herald

Heading to the Keys? Check out the blue wall

Motoring down to the Keys this Memorial Day weekend? Then be prepared. And we don't mean for the usual heat-stunned mob of start-of-summer visitors.

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Related Topix: Key Largo, FL

Sat May 17, 2008

FishingWorld

$5,000 Awaits Winner Of Island Grill Charity Dolphin Tournament June 13-15

“We really want to promote this as a father-son and father-daughter fishing tournament to get the whole family involved”

Touted as a family-friendly event, the angling challenge is set for Friday through Sunday, June 13-15, in Islamorada. via FishingWorld

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Mon May 05, 2008

hosted CBS 4 | CBS 4

Researchers Keeping An Eye On Bay's Algae Bloom

A giant playground for anglers who chase bonefish and tarpon, scientists are keeping an eye on the waters of Florida Bay this year for signs that a yearly algae bloom is about to spread with devastating results.

CBS4's news partners at the Miami Herald report researchers are monitoring this year's bloom which has occurred in the Twin Key's basin west of Islamorada. The bloom has occurred roughly in the same spot, and at same time, as last year's bloom with spread into the largest bloom the bay has endured in the last 10 years. Read more

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Related Topix: Miami Metro, Miami Dade County, FL

Sat May 03, 2008

FishingWorld

$25,000 Winner-Take-All Grand Prize At Stake In IFC Captain's Cup Dolphin Tournament

Islamorada, Florida Keys )... Just three fish are all that's needed to capture the $25,000 winner-take-all grand prize at the Islamorada Fishing Club's Captain's Cup Dolphin Tournament set for Wednesday and ... via FishingWorld

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