Pocket veto kills courthouse grant
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— A legislative appropriation that would have provided $135,000 to improve security at the Union County Courthouse died on June 30 after Gov. Ron DeSantis fa…
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The power of independence
Challenge Enterprises CEO talks to Lake Region business group BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— At the October 6 meeting of the Keystone-Lake Region Business Association, the chief exe…
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Election myths busted
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay County’s Supervisor of Elections took on some of the most common myths surrounding elections during a presentation to the Keystone Heights Rotary…
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Walmart showing off store improvements
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Starke’s Walmart Supercenter has been remodeled, and customers are invited to check out the changes following a ribbon cutting at 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 7. Bradford H…
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Man facing death penalty for Melrose murders
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS‑ Jury selection began Monday in Palatka in the trial of a man accused of killing two teenagers in Melrose in 2020. Prosecutors say Mark Howard Wilson u…
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Low-maintenance landscape wins Yard of the Month
BY DEIRDRE MURPHY Garden Club of the Lakes KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Garden Club of the Lakes awarded the Yard of the Month for October 2022 to Garrett and Alex Gispanski. Gail Klein, the couple’s neighb…
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Starke ranked near the bottom of U.S. suburbs
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—An investment website has ranked Starke in the bottom 10% of suburbs in the U.S. Smart Asset ranked 494 communities that lie between 15 minutes and one hour by c…
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Former Camp Blanding-based counselor arrested
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A former counselor for a youth academy operating within Camp Blanding was arrested for soliciting lewd conduct from a 16-year-old. Macclenny resident Libby Loui…
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