Cloud of Robins highlights bird count
BY LAURA BERKELMAN Santa Fe Audubon MELROSE—The 33rd annual Christmas Bird Count of the Melrose Circle occurred on Dec. 15, as 61 participants fanned out across our assigned 15-mile diameter circle ce…
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Crash kills 2
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—A traffic crash near Lake Hill Baptist Church left two Lake Region residents dead on Friday, Dec. 23. The Florida Highway Patrol said the head-on colli…
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Missions of the water management district
St. Johns district representative speaks in Keystone Heights BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—An intergovernmental coordinator for the St. Johns River Water Management District spoke…
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Unreached Lake Region residents may get internet next year
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A representative of Comcast told Clay County Commissioners that residents north of Keystone Heights, currently without broadband access, could sign up…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
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 i…
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Our Country Day going out of business
City taking over fireworks display BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The organization that has produced Keystone’s annual fireworks display over the last 37 years at Lake Geneva is dis…
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Downtown building wins Yard-of-the-Month
BY DEIRDRE MURPHY Garden Club of the Lakes KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Garden Club of the Lakes recently awarded its Yard of the Month Award for December 2022 to Keith and Patricia Hatch, Broker/Owner of Ha…
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Fair myths busted
Clay County Fair manager talks money, community, relationship with county BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The executive director of the local fair association busted some common myth…
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Lake Region honors veterans with wreaths
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 welco…
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