“It’s time to move on”: Stewart’s Station says goodbye after 43 years

Hailey Heseltine ECB Publishing, Inc. Stewart's Full Service Gas Station, a cornerstone of Monticello's courthouse circle for 43 years, has closed its doors. As the last of its kind in the county, the station was located on the southwest block from the courthouse and owned by its namesake, Stewart Wheeler. The lifelong resident of Jefferson County first opened the station in 1982, and decades of community connection followed. “In Monticello, you've got to do all kinds of stuff to make a li