🌱 Key Biscayne remembers stone crab entrepreneur lost in Kenya helicopter crash
Key Biscayne, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Key Biscayne! We're back in your inbox this morning to keep you in the loop with what's happening in and around town. Grab a cup of coffee and read on. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- Key Biscayne remembers stone crab entrepreneur lost in Kenya helicopter crash
- How Florida divers are uncovering slave shipwrecks just beyond our shores
Also on today's calendar: Heroes Salute 5K Run/Walk and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Humid; a stray p.m. t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 83 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 88, low: 82.
- Saturday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 89 and low of 83 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Key Biscayne mourns entrepreneur Roger Duarte after fatal Kenya helicopter crash (islandernews.com) — Key Biscayne is mourning local entrepreneur and George Stone Crab founder Roger Duarte, who was among seven people killed in a helicopter crash during a safari trip in Kenya. Duarte, who launched his stone crab business selling to island neighbors, came from a longtime Key Biscayne family and leaves behind a wife and two young children, as friends and residents share memories of his impact on the community. 
• Group uncovers history by exploring sunken slave ships (knau.org) — Reporting from Key Biscayne, a WLRN journalist follows divers in the nearby Florida Keys who are searching for sunken slave ships like the Guerrero to better document Black history. The project trains young women to dive and map wrecks, connecting archival research with powerful underwater experiences that honor the resilience of enslaved people and their descendants.
📸 Around Key Biscayne
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Heroes Salute 5K Run/Walk →
Hawks Cay Marina, 61 Hawks Cay Blvd, Duck Key
9:00 am
Saturday September 5
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Other local events
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Pathways To Hope
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Little Haiti Cultural Arts Center
10:00 am -
Key Biscayne Farmer's Market
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Inside Village Hall 88 W McIntyre St #100, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
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VKB Regular Council Meeting →
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Village Council Chamber (Rear of Fire Station)
6:30 pm -
Line Dancing in the Park
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Bill Baggs Cape Florida State Park
6:30 pm -
Aguamiel Coffee with First Responders
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Farmer's Market
9:00 am -
Key Biscayne Farmer's Market
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Inside Village Hall 88 W McIntyre St #100, Key Biscayne, FL 33149
9:00 am -
Poetry Potluck Wade In Our Waters at HVKBP
Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Center Historic Virginia Key Beach Park
2:00 pm
Friday August 21
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🗓 Events Nearby
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TConnect is Coming to South Miami! →
South Miami, FL Calendar, 6130 Sunset Dr, South Miami
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Red Light Camera Hearing →
South Miami, FL Calendar, 6130 Sunset Drive, South Miami
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Toddler Play & Funtime
Bay Harbor Islands Branch Library Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
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Bid Due - CSM2026-08 Design, Financing, Development, and Management of City Property for Essential Affordable Housing →
South Miami, FL Calendar South Miami, FL 33143
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Online Event: Great Books Discussion Group
Miami Beach Regional Library Miami Beach Regional - Miami Beach Virtual Programs Room
10:00 am
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Hudson Group posted a job opening for Stock Associate in Miami. Apply here.
- Super Soccer Stars posted a job opening for Weekend Kids Sports Instructor in Miami. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Key Biscayne here.
🗞 Nearby News
Coral Gables
- Canes' Malachi Toney, Cooper Barkate named to Biletnikoff Award watch list (local10.com)
- Lello Arpaia Set the Table for Italian Fine Dining in New York (appetitomagazine.com)
- Miami restaurateur and Telemundo exec among victims of Kenya helicopter crash (nbcmiami.com)
Miami
- Surf & Turf Lomo Saltado / NUNA, Miami (wsvn.com)
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