Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. When the Tallahassee Democrat recently announced the area’s All-Big Bend Football Team from the 2024 football season, three Aucilla Christian Academy players found their names among those…
Tiger players make the All-Big Bend list
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Tallahassee Democrat, which selects All-Big Bend teams for all major high school sports, recently announced the area’s All-Big Bend football teams from the 2024 football season….
JCS holds Career Day for elementary students
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Just before their Winter Break, elementary students at Jefferson County K-12 School (JCS) spent one morning making the rounds in the school’s gymnasium and back parking lot…
Applicants for American Legion Boys State sought Request an interview by Friday, Jan. 10
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Otto M. Walker American Legion Post 49 plans to pay the expenses for at least one local boy to attend Florida’s American Legion Boys State this summer,…
Remembering the ‘forgotten fathers’
Carol, a client advocate at The Hope Center, a pro-life pregnancy resource facility, glanced up as the door swung open. A nicely dressed man in his early twenties hesitated, then pushed the…
Can you hear Him now?
Verizon Wireless created one of the most memorable marketing campaigns ever in 2005. In an ongoing exercise to advertise the reliability of the mobile phone carrier’s network, they presented a commercial with…
Legendary fisherman Hank Parker to speak at Beast Feast
Legendary bass fisherman Hank Parker will be the guest speaker at the Sixth Annual Beast Feast at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville, Fla. The event will take place on Saturday,…
The sooner we hear singing
This past Friday night, the Central Church of Christ held an old-time gospel sing as in days gone by. The auditorium was filled with saints from Valdosta to Marietta. What a great…
17K donation to Chamber creates Judson Freeman Scholarship
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The annual Christmas Party of the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce had an extra infusion of the holiday giving spirit this year. As Chamber members enjoyed drinks…
Local wildlife center now has rare tamarin monkeys
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. With a high-pitched chirp, a cotton-topped tamarin monkey takes a chunk of grape with his gray-furred claw, sucks down the juicy sweetness and makes eyes for another…
Monticello girl makes the holidays special for kids with cancer
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Childhood can be a tricky thing to navigate gracefully, and even more difficult when dealing with childhood illnesses like cancer, which can greatly impact a child’s social…
The NEW Front Porch is on its way
Emerald Greene ECB Publishing, Inc. It is with great pleasure that we announce the arrival of the January/February 2025 issue of The Front Porch! The new issue has been mailed out and…
County launches its own app
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. It took some time, but the long-awaited county app is finally up and running and available at iPhone and android stores. Or so County Manager Shannon Metty…
A New Year’s history lesson
Halie Wetherington ECB Publishing, Inc. Every year, celebration after celebration is thrown and even filmed in some areas for the excitement surrounding the coming of the new year. But when did these…
Changes made to rules governing the local mitigation strategy group
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County officials recently approved changes to the bylaws of the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) working committee, a group that works to promote strategies and projects to reduce…
Flooding continues to beset A-Building
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The flooding problems at the historic and long-under-renovation A-Building continue to defy the best efforts of local officials and experts. This was made evident at a recent…
Ponderings: Assigning intentions
When you are anxiously inclined, it can be easy to do what I call “assigning intentions.” Assigning intentions is what we do when we cannot understand why someone said or did something,…
Meet Your Neighbor – Amanda Cable Floyd
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Amanda Cable Floyd! Floyd was born in the Daytona Beach area. Her family later moved to Tallahassee, where she was educated and spent most of her…
A walk through the history of the Woman’s Club
Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Woman’s Clubs, also called Women’s Clubs, have played a pivotal role in communities throughout history. Through the clubs, women can meet and advocate for their communities in…
Starling Musings announces February Art Contest
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Last October, the Starling Musings Art Gallery extended a call for local artists who were interested in participating in a spooky-themed art competition, with a special cash…
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