A celebration of family-friendly fun, faith and fellowship is coming back to Marathon Community Park this weekend, with the annual Joy on the Rock Festival on Saturday, Nov. 8 from noon to 6 p.m. Entry is free for the day, set to feature live Christian music, food, vendors, axe throwing, bounce houses and crafts. Local […]

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There’s no fourth wall in the Marathon High School drama club’s fall production of “Trap” by Stephen Gregg. But there are unconscious bodies all over the place, and the audience is in on the investigation. In Menachap, California, the 241-person audience, cast and crew of a high school play inexplicably fall unconscious – that is, […]

As final precincts reported in the 2025 Marathon City Council election, voters delivered a mixed bag of support for incumbents and a desire for new faces, electing newcomer Debbie Struyf as the top finisher along with current councilwoman Robyn Still and Mayor Lynn Landry.  Struyf, seen every morning for nearly two weeks at the Sombrero […]

Democrat Erin Cassady-Dorion has been elected as the new Niskayuna Town Supervisor, according to the Schenectady County Board of Elections’ unofficial results.

Marathon charter captain James “Jimmy Gags” Gagliardini won’t go down in history as a felon. And he says the “dock pets” at his home base behind Bluegreen Resort are thankful. In late July, news of Gagliardini’s arrest – complete with charges of assault, interfering with fishermen and reckless operation of a vessel – shocked those […]

NISKAYUNA, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Voters in the town of Niskayuna will be choosing a supervisor next week. John Rickert was the longtime principal at Niskayuna High School but now has his sights on …

After nearly three long years, what was once a blighted retail space is now unrecognizable in the best way, as the doors of Surf Style opened last week. While some departments are still coming online over the next few weeks, store manager Bruce Blevins told the Weekly he envisions the space as not only a […]

Each week, in an effort to provide greater familiarity and communication between the seven Marathon City Council candidates and our readers, the Marathon Weekly has printed candidates’ answers to a series of questions in editions leading up to the 2025 election. Three seats on the council will be filled by the candidates with the highest […]

Each week, in an effort to provide greater familiarity and communication between the seven Marathon City Council candidates and our readers, the Marathon Weekly has printed candidates’ answers to a series of questions in editions leading up to the Nov. 4 election. Three seats on the council will be filled by the candidates with the […]

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The creator of one of Marathon’s most beloved murals gave a thank-you to the Middle Keys community as renowned artist and conservationist Wyland returned to his Whaling Wall #87 on Oct. 20. Pausing, as he always does, for plenty of photo ops, autographs and storytelling with local residents who stopped by to see the master […]

Get ready for a sea of pink this Saturday, Oct. 25 as the Relay for Life of the Florida Keys Hope Walk returns to its old route along U.S. 1. Switching from its recent home at Crane Point Museum and Nature Center back to the Marathon Fire Rescue station, the 2025 walk will once again […]

Maximum size requirements and required inspections during home sales for downstairs enclosures in unincorporated Monroe County are no longer, according to a unanimous vote of the county commission at its Oct. 15 session. The changes come via an ordinance to amend the floodplain management chapter of Monroe County’s land development code as the county shakes […]

A crowd of 300 descended on the Hawks Cay ballroom to give the very best in the Marathon business community their well-deserved flowers on Oct. 17. Sponsored by Hotwire Communications and hosted by Greater Marathon Chamber of Commerce CEO Daniel Samess, the annual chamber banquet paid homage to businesses that never say no when the […]