KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— City Manager Lynn Rutkowski told the city council that a franchisee for Popeye’s Louisiana Chicken has applied to the city to build a restaurant on Green Way between Walgreen’s and Dollar General. The parcel is already zoned for a restaurant. However, the franchisee must obtain a use by exception from the city … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— The Florida Department of Health’s administrator in Clay County said new COVID cases in the county continued a slow decline, along with a similar decrease in daily vaccinations. Heather Huffman told Clay County Commissioners during their Sept. 28 meeting that her department is seeing between 80 and … Read more
October 2-8, 2021 Bradford County State Road 100 (FIN 436558-1-52-01, 436558-1-56-01) (29.944769, -82.115742) Intermittent daytime lane closures from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday between U.S. 301 and Call Street (State Road 230) and at Thompson Street and Cherry Street for equipment movement in and out of the work zone. U.S. 301 … Read more
Dick A. Lee Jr. was killed in Afghanistan BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— School officials and veterans groups dedicated a monument to fallen heroes at Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High School on Friday Sept. 17. The memorial honors KHHS 2000 graduate Dick A. Lee Jr., who was killed by a roadside explosive in Afghanistan … Read more
PALATKA— The St. Johns River Water Management District’s Governing Board on Tuesday, Sept. 28 adopted its fiscal year 2021‒2022 budget and adopted its rolled-back rate for a ninth consecutive year. The rolled-back rate is the millage rate that would provide the same amount of ad valorem tax revenue as the previous year’s millage rate. Executive … Read more
Church reaches Keystone’s poorest BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Carrie Morford said that people driving through Keystone often say: “Oh, what a cute little town.” “And that’s true,” Morford said in a video she showed to the Keystone Heights Rotary Club, “but as with most places, that isn’t the whole story.” Morford added that although the median … Read more
The Keystone-Lake Region Business Association held a three-site mixer for its September gathering. Members walked along South Lawrence Boulevard between MeLissa Pellerito’s office at Florida Homes Realty, Hatch Realty Services and Coldwell Banker Vanguard Realty, where Todd and Debbie Beals served as hosts.
Lake Region business opening third office soon BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—A client liaison with a Starke and Keystone Heights-based company told a Lake Region civic group that her company thrived during the COVID-19 pandemic. Heather Davis told the Keystone Heights Rotary Club that the very week she joined Legacy Home Health Care … Read more
GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County’s state lawmakers heard from local citizens during a Sept. 15 meeting at the county’s administration building. Senator Jennifer Bradley, along with State Representatives Bobby Payne and Sam Garrison make up the Clay County delegation. Bradley’s senate district covers all of 10 northeast Florida counties including Clay, Bradford and Union, in addition to a portion of Marion. … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— City Manager Lynn Rutkowski thanked a Keystone Heights Airport employee for keeping city hall’s doors open during an August COVID outbreak that swept through the municipality’s office staff. During the outbreak, in which three of city hall’s four employees were home sick, Morgan Bradley shuttled back and forth … Read more
