BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—School board members Tina Bullock and Janice Kerekes attended their final meeting last week. Bullock, who served on the board for six years, told her colleagues that she began her educational career 50 years ago, teaching at Orange Park Elementary School in 1971. “My starting salary was a mere … Read more
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay Electric Cooperative said that Carl Hagglund, a member of the co-op’s board of trustees since 2013, passed away on Saturday, Oct. 22, at the age of 82. The co-op said in a news release that Hagglund, a resident of Keystone Heights, represented Clay Electric members in District 1, which encompasses portions of … 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 Vincent Banville, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—During their Oct. 25 meeting, Clay County Commissioners delayed for 30 days a vote on the implementation of new impact fees that would add to the cost of new construction within the county and would fund infrastructure improvements. An impact fee study completed for commissioners states the county could … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County Commissioners agreed to adopt a resolution that would endorse an effort to designate State Road 230 within Clay County in honor of the late Dr. Peter Gianas. Commissioner Betsy Condon said she has spoken with Bradford County Commissioner Chris Dougherty about also designating the section of … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The high school held a college and career fair within the school’s gym on Friday, Oct. 21. Thirty-eight colleges, businesses and organizations set up booths to interact with students and answer their questions about different career paths. The high school’s College and Career Coach Carley Feagle said the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— St. Johns River Water Management District officials, Clay County representatives, City of Keystone Heights council members and state officials celebrated the upcoming construction of the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project during a ceremony in Keystone Heights on Friday, Oct. 21. When completed, the project will take excess … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The director of investigations and special operations with the Clay County Sheriff’s Office said that although the county had 56 overdose deaths last year, fatalities would have been in the hundreds if first responders and citizens were not equipped with Narcan: the nasal spray that rapidly reverses an … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Tina Baker, the mother of a fentanyl overdose victim, told her story at an Overdose Awareness Seminar Thursday, Oct. 20, at First Baptist Church, Middleburg. The Navy veteran and current director of the Community Partnership School at Keystone Heights High School, Baker, said her son Jacob was a soccer … Read more
