FFA recognized at state convention
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The senior and junior FFA chapters at Keystone Heights Junior-Senior High School received the National Chapter Award and the Premier Chapter Award dur…
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Lake Region
New area code coming to Starke area
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— On Tuesday, June 7, Florida’s Public Service Commission approved a new area code: 324 for the region now covered by 904, including Starke, Lawtey and Kingsley L…
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Keystone Heights youth anglers win tournaments
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Ashton Alday and Jacob Beach won the South Region Qualifier of the Florida BASS Nation Junior/High School Series in the Kissimmee chain of lakes durin…
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Lake Region candidates challenged
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—County Commissioner Betsy Condon and School Board Member Tina Bullock will face challengers in the Aug. 23 primary. Bullock will face Michele Hanson fo…
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Bennetts to celebrate 70th anniversary
Edwin and Iris (Raley) Bennett of Keystone Heights will celebrate 70 years of marriage on July 4, 2022. The couple met in Keystone Heights and married in Folkston, Georgia, in 1952 while Ed was on lea…
Read MoreObituaries — June 21, 2022
Marion Davis Marion Florence “Florrie” Davis, 88, of Hampton Lake passed away Thursday, June 16, 2022 at Haven Hospice E.T. York Care Center in Gainesville. She was born on May 26, 1934 in Starke to t…
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Commissioner complains about Kingsley Lake sidewalk damage
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Commissioner Betsy Condon said the county should not have to pay for sidewalk repairs at Kingsley Lake due to the tree trimming activiti…
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Washington youth tour resumes after two-year break
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Four high school juniors from Clay Electric’s service area toured Washington as part of the co-op’s youth tour, The program is returning this month af…
Read MoreClay commissioners get overview of paved roads
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 $6…
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