Gov. Ron DeSantis announced more than $3.5 million has been awarded to the city of Lake Butler in Union County through the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s Rebuild Florida Mitigation General Infrastructure Program. Funding will be used to make critical improvements to the city’s wastewater collection and pumping system to further mitigate damage to the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Mayor Karen Lake summarized the city’s accomplishments in 2021 and laid out her goals for the upcoming year in her Jan. 1 podcast of The Lake View. Lake said that some of the municipality’s accomplishments in 2021 were the South Lawrence Boulevard street scape project, a new food … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — The plans for the new wastewater treatment system for the city of Lake Butler will follow and environmental engineering design that will allow cleaned water to be reintroduced to the environment to recharge the aquifer. The process of recharging allows water to flow through the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County Supervisor of Elections Chris Chambless said Christine Thompson has filed to run for Seat 2 of the Keystone Heights City Council. The seat is currently held by Marion Kelly and the term of office is for three years. Earlier this month the city council passed … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Florida Highway Patrol said a Lake Region man was in critical condition after he was struck by a SUV on SR 21 north of Keystone Heights. According to troopers, the 29-year-old was crossing the state highway near Gas Line Road around 7:30 p.m. when the four-wheeler was … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor JACKSONVILLE— Keystone Heights City Manager Lynn Rutkowski has been appointed chair of the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization’s Technical Advisory Committee. The planning organization is the independent, regional transportation planning agency for Duval, Clay, Nassau and St. Johns counties. The 15-member TPO board is comprised of elected officials from the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor FLEMING ISLAND— Clay County Public Schools Superintendent David Broskie gave Keystone Heights Elementary School administrators a statewide award for implementing positive behavior policies at the school. Broskie said the policies: positive behavior intervention and support, is a systematic approach to teaching and managing behavior in schools. Broskie also gave the … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County officials said they have hired a firm to survey the county’s 800 miles of paved roads. The county said in a social media post that a pavement survey vehicle, operated by Applied Research Associates, includes the latest pavement scanning technology, including a 3D laser crack … Read more
Clay deputy ran stop sign, collided with truck BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Clay County deputy arrested for DUI told an FHP trooper that his career was over due to the arrest. According to an arrest report, Christopher Allen Coldiron, 47, of Lawtey was arrested by Trooper Jeffery Naeyaert after a crash that … Read more
