Category: Community News

Event now to be held at Womans Club Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Who We Were series, a grant-funded series of talks on the history of Jefferson County families delivered by…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Melanie Schintgen! Schintgen is a new face in our town; she has lived in Monticello for about eight months. She originally grew up in Wisconsin, where…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Literacy is important, and building good habits with reading can help benefit your child in their education and daily life. However, teaching reading can be a challenge,…

Tom Kay, Christine P. Johnson, and Shane Wellendorf Recent articles claim that Florida’s conservation easements are not perpetual, but when Florida land trusts conserve land forever, we mean it! Florida’s nonprofit land…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The Who We Were series, a grant-funded series of talks on the history of Jefferson County families delivered by local speakers, will have another session coming up…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. The Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce held a Business After Five event on Thursday, April 18, hosted by Keller’s Cottage, Monticello’s newest southern style venue for parties,…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Darcy Pitts! Pitts was born in Wisconsin and mostly raised in the Duluth area of Minnesota, where she lived until she moved to Jefferson County around…

Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. On Tuesday, April 2, American Legion Post 224, in Cherry Lake, honored Jefferson County resident Ted Crosby with a certificate from the National Headquarters of the American…

Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. In an effort to help improve the quality of life for a fellow veteran, the Third District of the American Legion Riders is holding their Second Annual…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Representatives of the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) will provide the program for the upcoming member luncheon of the Monticello-Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce. At the noon…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. The morning of Monday, April 22, marked the beginning on 2024’s Earth Day, a worldwide event dedicated to mindfulness and preservation of our planet. That morning, city…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. In 2022, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) of the Big Bend sought to re-establish its one-on-one youth mentoring services in Jefferson County through an agreement with the…

Metro Media Travelers take to the open road for any number of reasons. When traveling on a summer vacation, families may find it’s more affordable to travel by car than to pay…

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Though Monticello is the only city in Jefferson County, there are several smaller communities the county is also home to. One of those communities is Lloyd, near…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Most of the holidays we humans enjoy celebrating each year commemorate the past – a singular event, a series of events, or a special moment in history….

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Meet Macie Clifton! Clifton has lived in Jefferson County for a little over a year. She was originally born in New Mexico, but considers her childhood home…

Laura Young ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County is to home to many military veterans and families with members who serve or have served in the United States Armed Forces. Several cemeteries in…

Christian Peterson ECB Publishing, Inc. Administrative Professionals’ Day falls on Wednesday, April 24, this year. The holiday has been known by a few other names, such as Secretaries Day or Admin Day,…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. The beauty and freshness of spring is hard to ignore. The flowers are blooming, the vegetable gardens are planted, the sun is shining and everything around has…