BY MELANIE CRABTREE Special to the Monitor The Athletic Leaders Council, known as the ALC, was a new club at Keystone Heights High School during the 2024-2025 school year. This year, council members intend to continue the program, making it even bigger and better for 2025-2026. All student athletes are welcome to join; the council … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A St. Johns River Water Management District official told the district’s governing board that the Black Creek Water Resource Development Project is 97% complete, with only work at the project’s treatment facility in Camp Blanding remaining. The project consists of a 17-mile pipeline, pumps, and a treatment facility within the National … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School won a boys golf match on Sept. 11 at Green Cove Springs’ Magnolia Point Golf and Country Club, with Will Begue placing first individually with a score of 38. The Indians finished with a team score of 174 to place ahead of Mandarin (176) and St. Johns … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights and Union County tied for second behind Columbia in a Sept. 9 girls golf match at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. The Indians and the Tigers each had a team score of 237, with Columbia winning the match with a score of 168. Keystone’s Aubrey Brooks and Union’s … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Aubrey Brooks led the Keystone Heights High School girls golf team with an overall first-place finish in a Sept. 4 match against host Oakleaf at Orange Park’s Eagle Landing Golf Club. Oakleaf won as a team with a score of 226, while the Indians had a score of 244. Brooks made … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s Brysen Tomlinson finished in a two-way tie for fourth as the Tigers played Branford in a Sept. 11 boys golf match at Lake City’s Quail Heights Country Club. The Tigers had a team score of 224, while Branford’s score was 200. Tomlinson made par on one hole … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Lake Butler city commissioners thanked three Union County programs focused on seniors during its August 19 meeting. Mayor Melissa Hendrix handed out plaques to representatives of Lake Butler Hospital’s Let’s Thrive, Union County Senior Citizens on the Move and Gather Senior Connection. Hendrix said the mission of Let’s Thrive is simple … Read more
The Bradford County Department of Health in partnership with the Healthy Communities of Florida, UF/IFAS Bradford County Extension Office and the Alligator Creek Garden Club will be hosting a weekly series of free educational classes for all residents to attend. These workshops will help participants be able to grow their own vegetables from a third-story … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Gavin Kuhn and Ayden Tomlinson tied for third with scores of 50 for the Union County High School boys golf team, which lost to host Chiefland on Aug. 28. The Tigers had a team score of 220, while Chiefland finished at 197. Brysen Tomlinson made par on one hole and finished … Read more
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Steven Carter shot a second-place score of 40 for the Bradford High School boys golf team in a loss to visiting Middleburg on Aug. 28. The Tornadoes had a team score of 176, finishing just four strokes behind the Broncos. Carter made par on six holes as he ended play just … Read more
