Mining has been an economic boost for 70 years

Mining has been an economic boost for 70 years

  • October 18, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Since the 1920s, residents and visitors to Kingsley Lake noticed that among the course white sand along the lake’s beaches, thin streaks of a black, silky subst…

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Chemours dedicates new plant

Chemours dedicates new plant

  • October 17, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Chemours held a ribbon-cutting ceremony at its new $93 million Trail Ridge plant on Friday, Oct. 14, in conjunction with the Clay Chamber of Commerce. The compa…

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Teacher contract signed

Teacher contract signed

  • October 11, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County School Board Chair Mary Bolla and Clay Education Association President Vicki Kidwell ceremoniously signed the district’s new collective ba…

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Girlfriend breaks up, boyfriend steals canoe

Girlfriend breaks up, boyfriend steals canoe

  • October 11, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford deputies arrested a Keystone Heights man after a witness photographed him stealing a canoe from his ex-girlfriend. Jon Paul Shaver, 57, was arrested on…

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No make-ups for school days lost to hurricane

No make-ups for school days lost to hurricane

  • October 11, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Clay County Schools Superintendent David Broskie said students would not have to make up the three days of school lost to Hurricane Ian. He explained t…

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The power of independence

The power of independence

  • October 8, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

Challenge Enterprises CEO talks to Lake Region business group BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— At the October 6 meeting of the Keystone-Lake Region Business Association, the chief exe…

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Election myths busted

Election myths busted

  • October 7, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County’s Supervisor of Elections took on some of the most common myths surrounding elections during a presentation to the Keystone Heights Rotary…

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Former Camp Blanding-based counselor arrested

Former Camp Blanding-based counselor arrested

  • October 5, 2022
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A former counselor for a youth academy operating within Camp Blanding was arrested for soliciting lewd conduct from a 16-year-old. Macclenny resident Libby Loui…

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