Well folks…we made it. 2020! First, thank you to the many citizens who have approached and engaged in conversation regarding “Watching the Finances” column. Your feedback and offers to assist are greatly…
Edna Hood Fendley
Our beloved mother, grandmother and matriarch, Edna Hood Fendley, passed away Friday, Jan. 3, 2020, at the age of 89 years. She was born June 2, 1930 as the second of four…
Walter “Popeye” Mosley, Sr.
Walter “Popeye” Mosley, Sr., 82, of Lloyd, Fla., died on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020 at home. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Greater…
Larry Joe Teasley
Larry Joe Teasley passed away Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 in Jacksonville, Fla. He attended Aucilla school up until eighth grade, then went to Jefferson High School, where he graduated in 1965. He…
Vincent Edward “Buck” Brown
Vincent Edward “Buck” Brown, 50, of Lamont, Fla., passed away on Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Services will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Mt. Olive P.B. Church, with…
Emma Wilson Stokes
Emma Wilson Stokes passed away on New Year’s Day, Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., on Saturday, Jan. 11, at Greater Fellowship M.B. Church, with burial…
Gladys Roann-Watson: life-long local, beloved school nurse and community leader
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Gladys Roann-Watson has lived in the Monticello community all of her life. She was born to John and Nellie Mae Miller-Mitchel, who were also lifelong residents of…
Tigers fall to Cowboys
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, Jan. 4, the Jefferson Somerset Tigers made the short trip east to Madison County for three basketball contests against the athletes of Madison County High…
Heirlooms in bloom
Tending to heirloom camellia plants, cultivating a history of gardening Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. When Tom and Susie Isphording bought their 1922 historic home in Monticello, the garden was far from…
Fulford elected to Farm Credit Board
Farm Credit of Northwest Florida Contributor Farm Credit of Northwest Florida recently announced the election of Jefferson County’s Ernest C. Fulford to its Board of Directors. Fulford will be serving on the…
Dodging a bullet on contaminated site cleanup costs
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. After months of negotiations between county representatives and those of the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) over a local site with petroleum contamination, the state agency…
Hospice’s new building one step closer to realization
Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. The Big Bend Hospice, Inc., (BBH) is one step closer to realization of the new office building that it plans to build at the corner of North…
Misleading ‘Thoughts on the Suncoast toll road’
Personally, it’s distasteful to me to call out people in public but in this case I’m making an exception, because the one sided and misleading information Mr. Bill Palmer, Ph. D. President/CEO…
Emerald’s Gem Box…
I am scared I am scared!!! I am scared of what this United States of America nation is turning into. I am scared every time I read and hear the news of…
The true meaning of Christmas is understood by the JOY toy drive
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. Christmas is a time for giving, for sharing love and spending the holidays with those who matter most to us. Several citizens, groups and businesses in the…
Giving through volunteering: Jefferson Senior Citizens Center
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. “The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away,” – William Shakespeare To volunteer, or “give away your…
CRIME BEAT: recent felony arrests
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. ECB Publishing, Inc. is not responsible for the release or timeliness of arrest reports that have been issued by the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. Eric Hughes –…
Warriors to face Munroe Bobcats this Friday
Ashley Hunter ECB Publishing, Inc. The Robert F. Munroe Bobcats will be landing on Jefferson County soil this weekend, as the Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warriors basketball teams plan to face the…
Church Spotlight – Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Mount Olive African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, located at 6641 Lake Rd. in Monticello, was established in 1877. The current church was built in 1966. The deed…
Tim Buchholtz, pastor of Transforming Life Church, is in need of your help
Debbie Snapp ECB Publishing, Inc. Transforming Life Church Pastor Tim Buchholtz is currently battling a medical situation and is in need of your help. Just five years ago, doctors found a cancerous…
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