Vivian Hall Royster, Ph.D. Contributor The Historic St. Phillip African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), located in Monticello, Fla., cordially invites you to its 56th Annual Homecoming. The celebration will be held over…
Category: Community News
Farm Bureau holds contests
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County Farm Bureau held three contests this year: a Speech Contest, a Poster Contest and an Essay Contest. For this year’s Speech Contest, the topic…
Bishop Farms: Family farm continues longstanding community legacy
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The game of T-ball is a fun tradition for local families, and is a springtime staple for the Monticello community. For years, local businesses and organizations have…
Worth it or not? Retractable leashes
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. We’ve all seen the viral videos online; an unsuspecting dog mom holds a retractable leash in one hand while locking her front door behind her with the…
UPDATED: Summer Camp and VBS Directory
Teen Center Youth Summer Camp Jefferson County Youth Council Ages 6-15 June 5 – July 28 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Field trips every other Friday Cost: $25 for the entire…
Delta Land Surveyors marks 40 years
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. When Lawrence Dale Rowell returned from serving with the Air Force in Vietnam in the early 1970s, he soon made an educational choice that would impact not…
Patriot Academy seeks participants ages 16 to 25
Bill Snyder Patriot Academy The Patriot Academy Leadership Congress takes place June 28-30 at the Florida Capitol and the Doubletree Hotel in downtown Tallahassee, Fla. This two-and-a-half-day leadership academy for students ages…
Recognition, recreation and education: Jefferson County celebrates Emancipation Day
Denise Vickers – Leon ECB Publishing, Inc. There was something for everyone, on every level in Jefferson County on May 20, to commemorate Emancipation Day, the day when the proclamation by President…
UPDATED Summer Camp and VBS Directory
Teen Center Youth Summer Camp Jefferson County Youth Council Ages 6-15 June 5 – July 28 Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. Field trips every other Friday Cost: $25 for the entire…
New Avera-Clarke owners help kick off Watermelon Festival festivities
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, May 20, the beautiful Avera-Clarke bed and breakfast played host to a community party to help kick off the excitement of this year’s Watermelon Festival….
Duke makes grid improvements ahead of hurricane season
Duke Energy Florida As Florida enters another hurricane season, Duke Energy Florida is reminding customers about the benefits of its smart, self-healing technology to help combat power outages during storms. Much like…
Celebrate “All Together Now” with library’s Summer Reading Challenge
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Summer Reading Challenge is ON at the Jefferson County R.J. Bailar Public Library! The statewide theme for the Summer Reading Challenge this year is “All Together…
Community clean-up
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, June 3, the Jefferson County Advisory Council and local staff of Big Bend Hospice gathered together along a two-mile stretch of North Jefferson Street that…
2023 Watermelon Pageant presents new royalty
Three young queens and one young king crowned as new royalty in the Little Miss/Mr to Miss Princess Watermelon Pageants Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. The 2023 Jefferson County Little Miss…
The legacy of the Mailbox Club
Christian Peterson ECB Publishing, Inc. In 1965, George and Laura Eager founded the Mailbox Club (TMC), a faith-based program with a mission to reach kids with the word of God. Eager had…
This for that – Plant Swap at GrannyKat’s
Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. On May 20, GrannyKat’s Apiary and Bee Learning Center hosted their second annual Plant Swap and Sale event. Much like last year, this event was complete with…
Summer Camp and VBS Directory
Twists & Turns VBS Indian Springs Baptist Church Infant through Grade 6 5 to 8:30 p.m. on June 4 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. June 5 – 7 Activities: Games of all kinds…
Junior Leadership class graduates at Chamber luncheon
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. At the May 2 luncheon meeting of the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce, the Chamber recognized 17 students who successfully completed this year’s Junior Leadership class. Volunteer…
Calling all Watermelon Festival Bed Racers Register by June 7
Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. What’s soft, stylish, has a headboard and rolls like crazy down Mulberry Street? A Watermelon Festival Bed Race entry, that’s what! Folks planning to enter this year’s…
Free health clinic on June 6
Katie Marshall and Merry Ann Frisbee Shepherd’s Hands of Suwannee Valley Do you or does someone you know need medical care? The Shepherd’s Hands free health clinic will be open this month…
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