Dear Editor, When future anthropologists read through the archives of the Monticello News in their quest to understand institutional racism from the perspective of a small, southern community, they will no doubt…
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Gulf Power
On June 4th I stopped by the North Florida Fairgrounds on South Monroe Street to visit Gulf Power Company’s open house. A friend had passed along the newspaper ad from a week…
NextEra/ Transmission Lines – new proposed gas pipeline route
While I and my neighbors appreciate all of City of Tallahassee, Jefferson, Leon and Tallahassee commissioners have done on the NextEra project, the “new proposed gas line route” is far from ideal…
NextEra Transmission Line
I am a concerned resident regarding the proposed transmission line running through our county. Could someone in Jefferson County please explain to me why our county commissioners are not standing up for…
Stewart Dalzell wins American Legion gun raffle
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Stewart Dalzell, IV, owner of the local Stewart’s Heating & Cooling, Inc., was the winner of an AR-10 rifle, custom-built by Mike Robinson, owner of the local…
Jefferson County Farm Bureau hosts poster and essay contests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. In May, Jefferson County Farm Bureau hosted a first grade poster contest and a fifth grade essay contest for the students of Community Leadership Academy (based in…
ACA elementary students win academic awards
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Elementary grade students at Aucilla Christian Academy were awarded and recognized at an awards ceremony held at the school on Friday, May 24. Students were presented with…
Church youth raising funds for Student Life Camp
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Elizabeth Baptist Church (EBC) youth have been very busy with community service projects to raise funds for their summer Beach Camp in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Student Life…
Vacation Bible School
debbiesnapp@embarqmail.com (850) 997-3568 June 9 – 13 Elizabeth Baptist Church 4124 Bassett Dairy Rd. In The Wild 6 to 8:30 p.m. Sunday through Thursday Ages: Kindergarten to sixth grade Contact Brian Saylor…
Pastor John Hicks to retire
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Pastor John Hicks, of Monticello’s First United Methodist Church, will retire after the Sunday Morning Worship Service on June 30. There will be one combined worship service…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
Matthew 5:21-22 Our preacher, Sunday morning, put the Bible verse up of Matthew 5:21-22, during Sunday morning worship. 21 Ye have heard that it was said of them of old time, Thou…
Wreck blocks traffic for hours
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. For over two hours, law enforcement officers and first responders of Jefferson County were involved in responding to a wreck that took place Sunday afternoon, on June…
Changes at city hall
Steve Wingate to retire The Monticello City Council earlier this week honored City Manager Steve Wingate, preparatory to his retirement later this month. Wingate, whose last day will be Friday, June 28,…
Deb’s Notes
Drop a note to: debbiesnapp@embarqmail.com Happy Birthday today to Ramsey Revell-Wheeler and Billie McClellan! Happy Anniversary today to Jill and Brad Richardson! Did you remember that yesterday, June 6 was D-Day, a…
Reporter’s Corner:
Where’d the coffee go? I start each morning off with my cup of coffee. While I’m getting ready for work, I place the tea/coffee kettle on the burner and let it almost…
Ruby Virginia Harris Gray
Ruby Virginia Harris Gray was born on December 7, 1928 in Monticello, Fla., and went home to be with the Lord on Tuesday, June 4, 2019. Mrs. Gray was a native of…
Aucilla honors students with highest GPA’s
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. At Aucilla Christian Academy’s secondary academic awards program, which was held on Friday, May 17, ACA students between the grades of sixth through twelfth were honored. Every…
This farmer cares…
Ben White is the newest CARES farmer of Jefferson County Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Ben White, a Jefferson County native, grew up in Waukeenah, where his family lived on the vast…
Reams shows commission money saved
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Clerk of Court Kirk Reams recently provided the Jefferson County Commission with a memo listing several of his accomplishments since returning to office some five months ago….
High-Flying Dog
Caliber leads nation in dock diving Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. It all started at the 2018 Watermelon Festival. According to Caitlin Harrison, the proud owner of a three-year-old English Cocker Spaniel…
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