BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A member of the Keystone Heights Rotary Club gave the group a recap of his recent walking tour in northeastern Spain. Richard Segall said he and his wife Joy have travelled internationally before. However, on prior trips, most of the people they interacted with were other tourists. Segal … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Christmas should be a time of joy, without stress and without worries. It should also be a time of giving. This year, 56 children in foster care in this area didn’t have to worry whether they would wake up on Christmas morning and actually find presents under a tree. … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Don’t you love that feeling of reaching into a jacket pocket and discovering a $10 bill you’d forgotten about? The truth is, there could be tens, hundreds, even thousands of dollars out there waiting for you, and you only have to know where to look. According to the Florida … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times The world has changed a great deal in the past two years that the COVID-19 virus, and it’s variants, have been with us and nowhere has it been more evident than in how local residents celebrate the holidays. While many of the traditional Union County events carried … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer They weren’t dashing through the snow, and the sound of sirens was nothing like the sound of jingling bells, but the police escort of children to Walmart is a sure sign to people in Starke that Christmas is upon us. The Starke Police Department’s 17th annual Shop With a … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Lake Region Kiwanis organized the annual nighttime Christmas parade up South Lawrence Boulevard Saturday night. This year’s theme was “No Place Like Home for Christmas and the Starling Family claimed the first prize for closest to the theme. Other winners were: Best marching unit: First: (Tie) Keystone Heights … Read more
MELROSE— The Melrose Business and Community Association celebrated the survival of Melrose Elementary School during the Merry Melrose Christmas parade Saturday. The MBCA-sponsored parade, back this year after a pandemic-induced break in 2020, designated the school’s principal as the parade’s grand marshal and proclaimed as the theme for the event: “Be True to your School.” … Read more
