BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The President of the Lake Region Development Corporation proposed building a fishing pier at Keystone Beach. Vivian James asked the city council to pitch in $25,000 of the estimated $165,000 to $220,000 total project cost. She said that the actual cost of the platform will depend on the features installed, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager Mike Roess Gold Head Branch State Park officials held a public meeting at the Keystone Beach Pavilion on October 18 to get feedback on proposed upgrades to the 2,400-acre landscape of sandhills, scrub, ravines, marshes, and lakes. Officials said they hoped to reconfigure the facility’s entrance and move the administration … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A St. Johns River Water Management District official said all three elements of the Black Creek Water Resource Development project are now under construction. The primary goal of the project is to increase recharge to the Upper Floridan aquifer in northeast Florida using excess flow from Black Creek, in Clay … Read more
BY NATALIE GILSTRAP Special to the Monitor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS – AMVETS Post 86 recently received the prestigious 2023 National Americanism Post Award. This award was made possible through the organization’s dedication to furthering the ideals of Americanism and to the eight McRae Elementary School students who won in the AMVETS Americanism Program contest. “It’s actually … Read more
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Jeffrey Warren … Read more
The U.S. Justice Department said it reached a settlement with Clay County Public Schools that will force the district to improve its English instruction to non-English speakers. In a news release, DOJ said its investigation found that the district did not provide English learner students with the language instruction needed to become fluent in English … Read more
BY JAMES WILLIAMS Special to the Monitor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Vicki Kidwell, President of the Clay County Education Association, pointed out to the Clay County District school board that on its job site listing, there are 70 instructional openings, 25 of which are ESE teachers. She said the public wasn’t well aware that the number of classrooms … Read more
Clay Education Foundation President Carolyn Krall and Vice President Heather Obermiller visited the Keystone Heights Rotary Club to discuss the foundation’s activities. The pair told the club that the nonprofit has donated over $100,000 in school supplies to teachers through its Tools for Schools shopping events. In addition, the foundation has provided over 675 preschoolers … Read more
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are public records. Bradford Andrew D. … Read more
County Commissioner Betsy Condon said Clay County Government has been notified by Facebook on several occasions that its posts announcing the opening of its public gun range are inappropriate for the social media platform. In response, the county has been calling the gun range an “Outdoor Adventure Park” on Facebook when publicizing the venue’s ribbon … Read more
