Before the Islamorada Village Council could agree on a “straw poll” or due process to select a manager, Councilman Henry Rosenthal called out his nominee, and now the new village
ISLAMORADA Before the Islamorada Village Council could agree on a “straw poll” or due process to select a manager, Councilman Henry Rosenthal called out his nominee, and now the
The Islamorada Village Council agreed to interview five candidates seeking to become the town’s 10th village manager during a special call meeting last week. One prospect, however, bowed out the
Follow RT on A plan to release thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes in an effort to combat disease in the Florida Keys has triggered dire concerns among locals, some saying the “criminal” experiment will turn them into guinea pigs.
Spearheaded by the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District (FKMCD) and Oxitec, a British biotech firm that’s received backing from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the project aims to turn the first swarms of gene-edited bugs loose into the Keys starting sometime this week, the two bodies announced in a joint statement.
For the first leg of the plan, set to be expanded later, mosquito boxes will be placed at six locations, which over 12 weeks will release around 144,000 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, a species most closely linked with transmitting illnesses such as dengue, Zika and yellow fever. If all goes according to plan, the male, non-biting bugs will mate with local biting females, whose female offspring are programmed to di
The Florida Department of Transportation has agreed to cancel construction of a pedestrian bridge outside Founders Park after the newly seated Islamorada Village Council, some of whom made the action