BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— An officer with the Clay County Economic Development Corporation said Keystone Heights led Clay County in median housing price growth during 2021. Interim President Laura J. Pavlus told Clay County commissioners that Keystone’s median price of $235,000 was an increase of 36.6% over the prior year. Fleming … Read more
Southeast Rural Community Assistance Project hired Laura Valtorta and her company, Gatta Films LLC, to make a series of seven short films about rural communities in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Delaware, Maryand and Virginia with water issues resolved by SERCAP. Her philosophy is that problems faced by the U.S. right now can be … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Expanding broadband internet services and updating the land development code were two of the goals Clay County commissioners said they wanted to accomplish in the upcoming year. Commissioners Wayne Bolla, Betsy Condon, Jim Renninger, Mike Cella and Kristen Burke held a strategic planning workshop on Dec. 14 … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor Reports are favorable on the state required long-term-care water quality monitoring for the long-closed Union County Central Landfill, located west of Lake Butler, near Lulu. The landfill was closed in 1997 but the state of Florida mandates a 20-year minimum program of monitoring to ensure there is no leakage … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times Using robotic cameras to inspect the existing wastewater system serving the City of Lake Butler has enabled Mittauer and Associates Inc. to evaluate the condition of the infrastructure developed over the past century and plan a course of action to bring the system up to today’s standards. Consulting … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor FLEMMING ISLAND— Clay County School District officials responded to complaints from parents about the treatment of students during the school board’s Dec. 9 meeting. Parent Holly Haddock of Green Cove Springs told board members that her son was attacked and molested on a school bus on Oct. 11, and that … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Bradford schools asked families to monitor their children’s online activity and said threats that appear online should be reported to the school, not shared on social media. Threats on social media — real or pranks — are not new, but they seem to have reached a new … Read more
Delay not expected to impact local elections BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — A small change proposed to voting district boundaries proved too small for most county commissioners. Because of the delay in receiving census information and commissioners’ desire to take a more comprehensive look, redistricting won’t be completed this year. That means … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Around 240 people gathered at the Keystone Heights Cemetery to honor fallen veterans at the Lake Region’s Wreaths Across America event, Saturday, Dec. 18. This was the first year the Lake Region ceremony was not organized by Joan Jones. Due to declining health, the Australian native and World … Read more
