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Key Largo

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Key Largo narrow island, c.30 mi (48 km) long, off S Fla., largest of the Florida Keys . Along with other Florida Keys, especially Key West, it has become an increasingly popular tourist spot, noted for its scuba diving, nightlife, and beachside resorts. Housing developments and shopping complexes have been recently constructed. A major attraction is John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park, the first underwater park in the United States, containing c.78 sq mi (202 sq km) of living coral and hundreds of varieties of marine life. Also offshore is the Aquarius habitat, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric... Read more
Florida Keys
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ... long, extending from Virginia Key, S of Miami Beach, to Key West, and forming the southern ... the best known of which are Key Largo and Key West , have resort developments ... first U.S. undersea park, at Key Largo, has noted coral formations ... Read more
Huston, John
World Encyclopedia ... In 1946, he won a best director Academy Award for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre . Other classics followed, such as Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), and The African Queen (1951). After a series of critical failures, Huston returned ... Read more

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Character anchors historic Key Largo club
Chicago Sun-Times; 10/24/2004; Dave Hoekstra; 787 words ; KEY LARGO, Fla. -- You know you've come across the ... visiting the Caribbean Club on U.S. 1 in Key Largo for more than 20 years, but I never introduced ... historic roadhouse where ambient scenes of "Key Largo" were filmed. I found Whitehurst, 52, bobbing ... Read more
Hands out for sewer funds: Key Largo district wants $18 million.
Florida Keys Keynoter (Marathon, FL); 6/17/2006; 513 words ; ... promised to residents. All of Key Largo is planned out for district sewer ... put a shovel in the ground. The Key Largo district previously received $20 ... planned), along with sewer systems at Key Largo Trailer Village and Key Largo Trailer Park. We're ready to go with ... Read more
Key Largo
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); 3/14/2004; Beth J. Harpaz Associated Press; 707 words ; KEY LARGO, Fla. -- For those who haven't been there, the name Key Largo probably brings to mind Humphrey Bogart ... with booze and gunplay. But once you get to Key Largo, those black-and-white movie images are ... Read more
Key Largo: Magical boat ride over coral reef; Area offers many wonders of nature
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 3/14/2004; BETH J. HARPAZ; 716 words ; KEY LARGO, Fla. - For those who haven't been there, the name Key Largo probably brings to mind Humphrey Bogart ... with booze and gunplay. But once you get to Key Largo, those black-and-white movie images are ... Read more
Village, Key Largo could share pipes: Sante hopes to combine sewer efforts.
Florida Keys Keynoter (Marathon, FL); 4/8/2006; 516 words ; ... get started as soon as possible. Key Largo is designing a $15 million plant ... operational in 2008. A much smaller Key Largo treatment plant to handle waste ... and a treatment plant for Windley Key's homes and resorts is estimated ... higher for sending the waste to Key Largo, he ... Read more
Few specifics for Key Largo plan: But the goals are voluminous for CommuniKeys.
Florida Keys Keynoter (Marathon, FL); 2/25/2006; 585 words ; ... not expecting much from the Key Largo plan, Nickerson said. Some of the ... handout distributed at Thursday's Key Largo workshop refer extensively to the ... development of the tier-system maps, that hasn't happened, he told the workshop participants. That's the key thing that needs to ... Read more
Islamorada considers sewage partnership: Islamorada will begin negotiating with the Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District to handle the village's wastewater at Key Largo's proposed $27 million treatment plant.
Reporter (Tavernier, FL); 11/17/2006; 485 words ; ... to the cost of piping waste to Key Largo. But Nadia Locke of E Sciences ... to begin negotiations with the Key Largo wastewater district. We have to ... Brooks, who will be replaced on Key Largo's wastewater board later this month ... argues these points, it's costing Key ... Read more
Ductless splits answer a/c needs in Key Largo.
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News; 5/29/1995; 591 words ; KEY LARGO, Fla. -- Tourists and homeowners alike are drawn to Key Largo for its coral reefs and temperate Caribbean ... Houston. Helping his business is the fact Key Largo's warm climate places high demands on air ... Read more
Draft sewer agreement raises ire of two Islamorada officials: A draft agreement from Key Largo's sewer authority regarding sharing wastewater responsibilities with Islamorada has angered some village officials and could further delay the possibility of potential cooperation between the two entities.
Reporter (Tavernier, FL); 4/6/2007; 760 words ; ... Islamorada piping sewage to the Key Largo district's wastewater treatment ... Word said. However, connecting to Key Largo's treatment plant could save Islamorada ... Fishburn, general manager of the Key Largo wastewater district, said the cost ... building a treatment facility. Key ... Read more
Board hires wastewater lobbyists: The Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District is hiring lobbyists to push its interests in both Congress and the state legislature.
Reporter (Tavernier, FL); 12/15/2006; 506 words ; ... Sara Blumenthal Dec. 15--The Key Largo Wastewater Treatment District is ... members want federal grants that are Key Largo specific. The corps funding, which ... represented all Monroe County when it is Key Largo that is footing the bill, one small ... need to get the money funneled to ... Read more

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