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Shooting Iguana = Jail Time

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:13:20 PDT

A 40-year-old Big Pine Key man was in jail Monday after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife and fired several shots in his home Saturday night, including one while deputies were present, reports...

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Big Pine Key Alligator Finally Gets Justice

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:58:22 PDT

You should remember Tim Goll. He was convicted of killing the alligator at Big Pine Key’s Blue Hole in March 2006. In June 2007 he and Jordan Milo pleaded guilty to felony alligator poaching and...

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Big Pine Key Man Wins Trip to Obama Inauguration

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 09 May 2009 13:00:47 PDT

Richard Bennett of Big Pine Key doesn't have one of the 240,000 coveted tickets to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration -- but he does have a nice place to stay for it. aMonday, Bennett's $550...

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Iguana Nest Boxes Recommended in Florida Keys

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:35:16 PDT

"Extensive use of artificial nest boxes by private property owners and land managers could potentially make a big dent in their population," Kenneth Krysko, Florida Museum of Natural History...

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Key Deer Refuge 50th Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:28:39 PDT

Aug. 22 marks the 50th anniversary of the official establishment of the National Key Deer Refuge in 1957. Centered on Big Pine Key and surrounding islands, the National Key Deer Refuge protects...

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Looe Key Underwater Music Festival

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 13:18:46 PDT

On Saturday, July 14, Big Pine Key -- a quiet, easy-to-miss Key between Islamorada and Key West -- will host one of the most unusual festivals in the US. The 23rd annual Underwater Music Festival...

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R.J. Anderson Leads Off for Baylor Bears

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:48:17 PDT

The Baylor Bears opened the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4x100-meter relay. Baylor was forced to use its seventh different relay combination of the season, due to injuries to Courtney...

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Big Pine Key Sex Offender Arrested

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:43:57 PDT

A convicted sex offender living in Big Pine Key will be the first person in South Florida federally prosecuted on charges of failing to register with authorities. The U.S. Attorney's Office in Miami...

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Hugh Hefner sends help for feral cats (and bunnies)

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 09:14:55 PDT

While Playboy bunnies live relatively carefree lives, the Lower Keys marsh rabbits named after Playboy founder Hugh M. Hefner are not so lucky — and he's coming to the rescue. The scientific name...

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Feral Cat Trapping Delayed

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 19 May 2007 06:24:48 PDT

National Key Deer Refuge officials announced this week that the trapping of feral cats on Big Pine Key has been delayed until June 4. Refuge Director Anne Morkill said an original date of May 21 was...

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Big Piner Caught Transporting

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Fri, 18 May 2007 18:46:08 PDT

Nearly a half million dollars worth of marijuana was seized when a South Florida man was pulled over for reportedly weaving in and out of his lane while driving a motor home through Lafayette County,...

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Big Pine Key Fire - Arson?

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Fri, 11 May 2007 14:21:25 PDT

Someone may have set a brush fire on Big Pine Key that burned eight acres overnight Wednesday, state fire officials said Thursday. Investigators believe one source of the fire was an abandoned truck...

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Big Pine Burns

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Thu, 10 May 2007 18:34:06 PDT

The wildfire crisis going on throughout Florida reached the Florida Keys, with a fire that burned in Big Pine Key on Wednesday. According to Monroe County Sheriff's Office reports the fire was...

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Big Pine Key Deer Volunteers Needed

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Tue, 03 Apr 2007 14:45:33 PDT

BIG PINE KEYThe Nature Conservancy seeks volunteers to help remove dead vegetation on Big Pine Key to prevent wildfires in the National Key Deer Refuge. The cleanup is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday....

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Blue Hole Gator Killing Trial Update

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:02:22 PDT

Pre-trial hearings are scheduled for March 12 and April 3, with a trial scheduled to begin on Monday, April 16, 2007. All three defendants face one felony count of poaching. If convicted, the...

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Update on "Gilligan Lost"

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 21:37:59 PST

With some relief I am happy to report the following. A couple thought to be missing at sea never left their island, the U.S. Coast Guard said today. Friends of the couple told officials that Robert...

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Search for Gilligan aboard the Vessel "Puke" Continues

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sun, 04 Mar 2007 20:25:26 PST

This is not a joke.SUMMERLAND KEY: The Coast Guard is searching for a missing Summerland Key couple who failed to return from an afternoon out at sea. Robert and Andrea Gilligan were reported...

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BPK Lobster Poacher At Large

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 16:05:01 PST

A Miami man was sentenced last Thursday to nearly a year in jail for stealing lobsters from traps off Cudjoe Key. Juan Andres Perez, 45, pleaded no contest to raiding crawfish traps, a third-degree...

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FWC approves no-anchor zone for Pine Channel

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 13:40:19 PST

KEY LARGO - The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) passed a new rule Wednesday to create a no-anchoring zone for masted boats between Big Pine Key and Little Torch Key south of...

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Save the Florida Key Deer - Review

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 04:19:52 PST

Save the Florida Key Deer by Margaret Goff Clark - Great Children's Book.Approximately the size of a golden retriever but having the deer's distinctively graceful shape, the Florida Key deer is found...

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Big Pine Key Fishing Lodge - Review

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sat, 25 Nov 2006 11:54:27 PST

My favorite place!There is nothing like arriving here. My family has been frequenting this spot for nearly 30 years, and we have never had a bad experience (except when we've had to leave due to...

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Big Pine Key Real Estate - Prices Going UP!

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:35:58 PST

MLS #538172: 2/2 single family home at 3681 Fox Street on Big Pine Key has been increased from $ 755,000 to $ 799,000. DOM (48).Special home in serene area of BPK. Located on a canal with...

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Children's Christmas 11-25

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 15:39:44 PST

6:30 p.m. Nov. 25: Children's Christmas party with Santa. Every child receives a gift. Coldwell Banker Schmitt Real Estate Co., mile marker 30 gulfside, next to the Big Pine post office. Call...

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Big Pine Key Jobs

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Fri, 17 Nov 2006 04:16:32 PST

Employment Opportunities at Sweetwater Homes, Inc.Sweetwater Homes, Inc. is a well established company in the Florida Keys for 30+ years. Sweetwater Homes, Inc. is the pioneer of Modular homes in the...

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Coconuts For Sale - Big Pine Key Real Estate

noreply@blogger.com (Keys Treasures) — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:50:02 PST

MLS #538753: commercial property (Coconuts Lounge & Drive Thru Liquors) at 30535 Overseas Hwy is for sale at $ 3,750,000.Designated prime redevelopment on Big Pine Key. 1.5 Acre parcel sits at...

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