Freedom 5K draws 500-plus
On your mark, get set, go! More than 500 runners and walkers took to the streets of Keystone Heights for the 250th Freedom Race Day on July 4 as the community celebrated the seventh annual Freedom 5…
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A look back: KHHS won 3 state titles in girls basketball
Keystone Heights High School finally got over the hump. Having been state runner-up twice, the Indians and Head Coach Kathy Boatwright won the first of three state championships in girls basketball…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
The following individuals were recently arrested by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union, or Clay (Keystone Heights area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted…
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Mission of the Dirt Road hosts UF/IFAS mindfulness activity
Participants explored creativity and self-reflection during a hands-on shell-art activity led by the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences on June 30 at Keystone Heights’…
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Anytime Fitness set for grand opening in KH
Residents will soon have 24-hour access to a new fitness facility as Anytime Fitness begins presale memberships for its upcoming location in Keystone Heights. The gym recently launched its founding-…
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It all started 101 years ago for Keystone Heights – The majority of the area settlers moved from Pennsylvania before the city was founded in 1925.
One hundred, one years ago, the town of Keystone Heights was founded. For much of its history, Keystone was a sparsely populated community. The majority of the original settlers came from Pennsylvania…
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Keystone Inn was social hub until 1954 fire
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Monitor The old Keystone Inn is no more, and few, if any, residents of the area will mourn the passing of what it became over the years, but many still regret the loss…
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Mining has been an economic boost for 70 years
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com Beginning in 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 s…
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It’s the people that make the history – Watson serves as role model
BY TRACY LEE TATE AND DAN HILDEBRAN Special to the Monitor Among the prominent people in Keystone Heights over the years, many can be cited as examples of various qualities and favorable traits. Still…
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