Category: Community News

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. At the end of May, the Florida State University College of Medicine invited dozens of medical students to participate in their Rural Learning Experience in Jefferson County….

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Anyone who is paying attention knows that Jefferson County has an animal problem. Specifically with loose, unwanted or abandoned animals. With a lack of reliable resources, many…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. There’s nothing quite so wonderful as summertime blueberry picking – except when the activity also supports a great cause. Blue Sky Farm has a bumper crop of…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Have you met Priscilla, the Aucilla Research Institute (ARI)’s mastodon skeleton? If not, now is your chance! Priscilla is a plaster cast of a real mastodon, about…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Lenora Wiggins! Wiggins was born and raised in Wacissa, where she continues to live today. Her family has lived in Jefferson County for generations, and it…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. As summer kicks into full-gear, Americans everywhere prepare to fire up their grills, stoke up their inner patriot, and get the fireworks ready for the Fourth of…

  Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. The mid-summer celebration known as “Independence Day,” or the Fourth of July, is filled with fireworks, outdoor cook-outs and much summertime fun. It is well known…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Aucilla Research Institute (ARI) is hard at work with their educational outreach activities, and as such, they have a special free summer program coming up to…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Since the Jefferson Senior Citizens Center (JSCC) suffered category 3 water damage in April, donors have been stepping up to help with the more than $170,000 in…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Rosemary Gray! Gray was born and raised in Tallahassee, where she lived until just two years ago, when she decided it was time for a change….

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Have you met Priscilla, the Aucilla Research Institute (ARI)’s mastodon skeleton? If not, now is your chance! Priscilla is a plaster cast of a real mastodon, about…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Even as summer blazes along, the community is already gearing up for the start of school in August. United Force of Jefferson County, Inc. has begun collecting…

Mary Madison Contributor Three Order of Golden Circle (OGC) Assemblies – Carrie White Boone (Monticello, Fla.), O. J. Chestnut (Tallahassee, Fla.) and D. J. Morgan (Quincy) – assembled in the Fellowship Hall…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Shepherd’s Hands free health clinic will not be available in July. The clinic will resume on the first Tuesday in August at Christ Episcopal Church on…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Theater enthusiasts may want to mark their calendars this week for a local production of The Court Jester, directed by Monticello sisters, Tali and Elli Grettenberger. The…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The annual car show at this year’s Watermelon Festival touched the community in two new and special ways. First it was renamed in honor of the late…

Kenzie James ECB Publishing, Inc. The annual Florida Future Chef competition, sponsored by the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, is currently accepting applications for contestants for the 2024 competition. Students…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Hurricane season officially began on June 1 and ends Nov. 30. The 2024 hurricane season is expected to be well above average in regards to activity level,…

Kenzie James ECB Publishing, Inc. Popular streaming services have continued to increase prices and add advertisements, reverting back to aspects of cable that consumers tried to avoid by switching to streaming. Streaming…