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Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. With Somerset’s contract with the Jefferson County School District set to expire in July 2022, the school board is growing anxious to begin preparing for the transition,…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Jefferson County School Board voted last week to allow School Superintendent Eydie Tricquet to submit a preliminary application to NextEra for a possible grant to repair…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A large contingent of Aucilla Shores residents crowded last week’s commission meeting to voice concerns about the condition of their private subdivision’s dirt roads and appeal to…

River park study “irrelevant” Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. County Commissioner Betsy Barfield didn’t mince words when it came to her views on the results of a recent feasibility study that a…

Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. On Monday, May 24, ECB Publishing received a phone call on their landline business phones from an “850” area code that appeared on the caller ID as…

Heather Ainsley Heather Ainsley has lived in Monticello, Fla. since 2015, and until recently, worked as manager at Brickhouse Eatery for two and a half years. She enjoys writing, and hopes to…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. Several years ago, the Monticello Chamber of Commerce began hosting Charity Socials, an event with the intention of raising money for non-profit organizations in Jefferson County. Last…

Heather Ainsley ECB Publishing, Inc. As festivities for Monticello’s 70th Annual Watermelon Festival kick into full gear, it looks like this small town is in for a busy week! Thursday, June 17,…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. It seems that the long planned joint venture between local officials and CenturyLink to expand broadband service to remote areas of the county is pretty much off…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Following the recent unexpected resignation of City Manager Raymond Clark, the Monticello City Council met in a special session earlier this week to hire an interim manager…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Christmas came early to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office (JCSO) last week, in the form of a $1.2 million appropriation from the Florida Legislature. On Thursday evening, June 3, Sheriff…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. In the words of Mayor Julie Conley, the Monticello City Council has formulated “the beginning of a plan” to replace City Manager Raymond Clark, who has tendered…

Deidre Myers ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County Fire Rescue (JCFR) recently received the Capital Regional Medical Center Sepsis Award this year. Trenton Skiver and Cameron Allen were presented with an award on…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Nearly four months after county officials awarded a contract to an urban design and environmental planning firm to do a feasibility study of the Wacissa River Park…

Tiny To Princess Pageant at 10 a.m. – Miss and Junior Miss Pageant at 4 p.m. Emerald Greene Parsons ECB Publishing, Inc. Jefferson County’s children and sophisticated young ladies will take the…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. A recent viral video of a principal in the Hendry County School District paddling a six-year-old in front of the child’s mother has reignited the debate of…

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. If the various plans for sewer systems come to fruition, the county could one day be awash in sewer systems. Then again, the plans are only proposals…

Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. American Legion Otto M. Walker Post 49 and its Auxiliary Unit will hold their Annual Memorial Day Breakfast and Program on Monday, May 31 beginning at 8…

Alyssa Ridenour ECB Publishing, Inc. A new area code, 448, has been added to Florida for telephone calls. Moving forward, as a result of this new addition, callers in the 850 and 448…