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Resiliency and Property Values
This essay began with the co-authors discussing declining real estate values in Key Biscayne. As we delved into causes and responses, we...
A Covid-19 Death on Key Biscayne. Many Knew Pepe
When Theodore Holloway, the former Key Biscayne councilman, could not get his car started one day, he knew he could call on his neighbor,...
Life, Liberty and The Pursuit of Public Safety During A Pandemic
June 8, 2020 At various times and with varied urgency, governments at all levels throughout the country and much of the world ordered...
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Where Did ‘Nice’ Go on Key Biscayne?
“SEAT BELTS!!!!” If you’re driving a golf cart on Key Biscayne and you hear somebody bellowing “SEAT BELTS,” there is a fair...
Sister City Community Table Project-Key Biscayne Restaurateurs Support Liberty City Families in Need
BY: Amanda Fried Key News Contributor A new and creative collaboration among The Rotary Club of Key Biscayne, the Key...
Behind the Struggle to Bring Covid-19 Tests to Key Biscayne
While Village worried for weeks about what to do, the Key Biscayne Community Foundation stepped in and made it happen.
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR THURSDAY UPDATE
Good Afternoon, VKB Residents, Today is Thursday, April 30, 2020 and we are in week seven of the Village of Key Biscayne’s COVID-19...
Village’s Sister City Initiative, Partner Charities Step Up to Meet Food Needs in Liberty City during COVID-19 Pandemic
Several major food distribution programs were successfully launched last week in Liberty City in response to the food insecurity faced by...
Non-Resident Cyclists in Village Face Fines or Jail Time During Virus Shutdown
Non-Key Biscayne resident cyclists risk a $500 fine or 60 days in Miami-Dade County jail if they disobey a new Village emergency order that...
A Mindset for Compromise: Interconnectedness, Shared Burdens and Commercial Sustainability During and After the Coronavirus Pandemic
Editor’s Note: Caplan’s remarks were originally composed for the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors on April 23. We...
The Ins and Outs of Coronavirus: Expert Advice to Protect Yourself and Others During the Pandemic
With the world in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, information and ideas are being thrown around without all the necessary context. ...
“Adopt a Senior” Program Brings Joy to Residents in Need and the Volunteers Who Reach Out to Help
The Key Biscayne Community Foundation has put together numerous resources for Key Biscayne residents during the COVID-19 pandemic – and...
A Poem for the Pandemic
And people stayed at home And read books And listened And they rested And did exercises And made art and played And learned new ways of...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR WEDNESDAY EVENING UPDATE
Good Afternoon, VKB Residents, Today is Wednesday, April 29, 2020 and we are in week seven of the Village of Key Biscayne’s COVID-19...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR WEDNESDAY UPDATE
Good Morning, VKB Residents, A new Miami-Dade County Emergency Order, Miami-Dade County Emergency Order 21-20, went into effect at 6:00...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR TUESDAY UPDATE
Good Evening, VKB Residents, Today is Tuesday, April 28, 2020 and we are in week seven of the Village of Key Biscayne’s COVID-19...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR MONDAY UPDATE
Good Evening, VKB Residents, Today is Monday, April 27, 2020 and we are in week seven of the Village of Key Biscayne’s COVID-19...
The Not Knowing
On Friday, Mar. 13, my healthy, 36-year-old husband lay in bed the whole day. A sweaty, shivery fever had blasted into our home out of...
Economic Assistance Package: What Employees and Small Businesses Need to Know
The economic assistance package for employees and small business owners is promising in its enactment, but extremely confusing as it goes...
Sewing Masks to Help Those in Need
Face masks are increasingly hard to come by, and with the CDC recommending that Americans wear cloth face coverings in public, shortages...
Making Music and Spreading Joy in Key Biscayne
Zach Buttrick is an 18-year-old Key Biscayner in his campus-interrupted senior year at Ransom Everglades School. He has been playing...
COVID-19 Support for Key Biscayne
Are you affected by COVID-19? Here are some of the resources offered by the Key Biscayne Community Foundation: Adopt a Senior Seniors on...
I Got A Masters and a Job … Then a Pandemic Struck
After earning my Master of Science in Fisheries Management degree from the University of Miami in December, and thoroughly enjoying...
Local Labor Impacts from COVID-19
My assignment was to “give a layman’s breakdown of the labor impact locally from COVID-19”. I have chosen several examples...
A Doctor’s Perspective on COVID-19
BY: MICHELE ELISBURG What do a flight attendant, a fortune cookie and High School Musical all have in common? As a doctor dealing...
Senior Spring Break in Light of COVID-19
BY: ELANA BERGER This was supposed to be THE Senior Spring break of a lifetime. My friend and I were ecstatic to swap the dreariness of...
The Queen’s Roses and Bouquet Collection Donate Roses to Seniors
Paola Serna (left) and her husband, Herbert Jordan, along with their friend, Alexis Helms (right), donated over a hundred bouquets of roses...
Acts of Kindness: Corona Helpers
BY: NANCY ELISBURG A week ago there was a knock at my door and the note I found made me smile … BIG time. The two teenagers...
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT: COVID-19 – YOUR FRIDAY UPDATE
Good Evening, VKB Residents, Today is Friday, April 24, 2020 and we are ending week six of the Village of Key Biscayne’s COVID-19...