BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The county’s deputy director of engineering told Clay County commissioners that the total cost to repair all the county’s paved roads would total $60 million. During the commission’s June 14 meeting, Taylor Abernathy presented the results of a pavement survey performed on all 795 miles of Clay … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Attorney Courtney Grimm said that under the county’s land development code, candidates are not the only ones that could be fined for unlawful campaign signs. She said property owners on which the signs are posted could also be subject to financial penalties. Clay Supervisor of … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County commissioners voted to end work on a proposed business license that would require all businesses within the county to register and pay an annual licensing fee. The vote to halt staff work on the proposal came at the end of the county commission’s May 24 … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS—Clay County Commissioner Betsy Condon said complaints of excessive speeding have increased in the Keystone Heights area, with the county engineer and sheriff’s office noting many complaints about excessive speeding on County Road 214 in the McRae area. Condon said during the May 24 County commission meeting that … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— Bradford and Clay tax collectors said in social media posts that their offices now have Florida’s new vanity license plates, including the Explore Our State Parks plate, the Explore Off Road plate, the America the Beautiful plate, the Conserve Florida’s Fisheries plate and the Conserve Wildlife plate. This year, … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— On May 6 Gov, Ron DeSantis appointed V. Todd Ferreira to the State Board of Funeral, Cemetery and Consumer Services. Ferreira is a Kingsley Lake resident, serves as treasurer of the Kingsley Lake Property Owners Association and chaired the association’s second annual block party earlier this year. Ferreira’s company … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The U.S. Election Assistance Commission awarded its Clearinghouse Award to the Clay County Supervisor of Elections Office for the department’s Election Expo held earlier this year. During the office’s February Election Expo event, around 150 people learned about voter registration, vote-by-mail, how voting machines are tested and … Read more
June 4 through June 10 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 … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor MIDDLEBURG— A multi-vehicle crash on State Road 21 Monday morning killed two pedestrians, including a 48-year-old Lawtey woman. The Florida Highway Patrol said that just before noon, a southbound car waiting to turn left onto South Periwinkle Avenue was rear ended by another vehicle, forcing it into the path of … Read more
KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Lake Region Kiwanis Community Band played its summer concert to a packed crowd in the Keystone Beach Pavilion on Saturday, June 4. The hour-long performance featured 14 tunes with a mix of pop and swing including “The Entertainer”, “Five Foot, Two, Eyes of Blue”, “The Bare Necessities” from the “Jungle Book” and … Read more
