BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Around 200 Lake Region residents attended the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Keystone Heights Cemetery Saturday at noon. Mayor Karen Lake welcomed the crowd and introduced the participants in the ceremony, which concluded with a wreath and a rose placed at crosses representing each branch of the U.S. … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The new chair of Clay County’s board of county commissioners said her top priority for the new year is drafting a strategic plan for the county. “We’ve never had an official strategic plan,” Betsy Condon said. “The county manager and I have had a number of conversations about it.” … 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 DUI, vehicular … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Lakes Advocate Vivian Katz James said that with water levels on Lakes Brooklyn and Geneva expected to rise over the next five years, the next challenge for Keystone Heights-area lakes will be removing grass, trees and other vegetation that has grown in the dry lakebed of Lake Geneva … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County school board members began discussing updates to the county’s current educational impact fee ordinance during a December 5 workshop. Lance Addison, the district’s coordinator of planning and intergovernmental relations, presented a tentative timeline in which the Clay County Board of County Commissioners would vote on an … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The director of the community partnership school in Keystone Heights will soon see her late husband’s name on the VA Clinic in Middleburg. Last month Congress passed legislation naming the facility on College Drive in honor of Chief Petty Officer Andrew Baker. Florida’s two senators and Congresswoman Kat Cammack … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—The Keystone Heights Airport celebrated its 80th anniversary Saturday with exhibits, vendors, and tours. The U.S. Army Air Corps established the facility in 1942 to support Camp Blanding and to host a reconnaissance school. After the war, the federal government turned the facility over to the City of Keystone … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Clay Electric Cooperative said it is lowering the power cost adjustment it charges members beginning in December. The co-op said in a news release that members using the industry household average of 1,000 kWh of power will now pay $149.90. “The previous cost was $159.50,” the utility said. “The … Read more
Mistakes allowed 12 people to vote twice BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Clay County’s canvassing board reported to state officials that one elections worker has been terminated after the worker failed to follow procedures for paper jams in a tabulation machine. The mistakes allowed 12 voters in the Nov. 8 general election to cast … Read more
Undergraduates experience real-life budgeting exercise BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The community partnership school and area volunteers put students through a household budgeting exercise with the high school’s second annual reality check. Event organizer Tina Baker said that during the simulation in the school’s gym, each student was randomly given a job: “It … Read more
