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…
Aucilla Shores Roads – A dirty situation
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…
How many coal-fired power plants are there in the world today? Green New Deal brought up at the G-7 Summit? Please look at this.
• The EU has 468 and are building 27 more for a total of 495 • Turkey has 56 and are building 93 more for a total of 149 • South Africa…
Emerald’s Gem Box
The Front Porch… where the tea is sweet and the talks are long It’s back! The newest edition of The Front Porch magazine; the magazine that features stories and spotlights about your…
Oscar Haynes Scruggs
Oscar Haynes Scruggs, 66, of Tallahassee, Fla. passed away unexpectedly on June 15, 2021. He was born in Tallahassee on December 1, 1954 to Frederick Cason Scruggs and Agnes Thompson Scruggs. Oscar retired from UPS…
Linda Lee Joiner
Linda Lee Joiner, 74, passed away peacefully at home June 18, 2021. Linda was born March 15, 1947 in Thomasville, Georgia to Blanche Ward and Lee Darby Varnedoe. She is survived by…
Lunchtime with the Chamber
Mike Johnson ECB Publishing Inc. The Chamber of Commerce holds its luncheons on the first Tuesday of every month at noon, where they have speakers to go over the significant concerns and…
Mickey’s media review: “The Chosen” hits the mark
Mickey Starling ECB Publishing, Inc. Having seen many Christian movies and documentaries, I consider myself hard to impress when it comes to this genre. To me, it seems that most Christian…
Area ballplayers selected to All-Big Bend teams
Rick Patrick ECB Publishing, Inc. A pair of Aucilla Christian Academy (ACA) Warriors have received honors from the Tallahassee Democrat in the form of the All-Big Bend Baseball Teams. ACA pitcher and…
Wacissa River Controversies
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…
Scam Alert: Callers pretend to be ECB Publishing, Inc.
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…
Big Bend Hospice honors a day of Remembrance Juneteenth – June 19, 1865 Celebration Freedom and Diversity
This year the recognition and celebration of Juneteenth has a special meaning in my heart. The fact that on June 19 the emancipation of those who were enslaved took place in Galveston…
Nathan Stephenson “Nate”Curtis II
Nathan Stephenson “Nate”Curtis II, age 85, of Madison, Fla., died June 9, 2021. Nate was born April 13, 1936, in Monticello, Fla., the son of Arthur Wilson Curtis and Martha Scruggs Curtis…
Forgotten Coast K9
Serving Veterans and First Responders throughout the U.S.A. Elizabeth (Lizz) Schmidt ECB Publishing, Inc. It’s dark. You can barely make out the shape of the woman in front of you as she…
EDWARD BALL AND THE PULPWOOD ERA
George M. Cole and John E. Ladson III Aucilla Research Institute Even though the Great Timber Boom was over, the impact of that era was not. During the boom no thought had…
Gray Logging, LLC: 2021 National Outstanding Logger
Forest Resources Association Contributor The Forest Resources Association (FRA) and STIHL Incorporated honored Gray Logging, LLC., of Madison, as the National Outstanding Logger at FRA’s 2021 virtual annual meeting on Wednesday, May…
Somerset S.T.A.R.S. – Recharged
Submitted by Mary Madison The school year 2018, young ladies in grades six through eight at the Jefferson Somerset Middle High Charter school, implemented an influential, non-curriculum program, designed to inspire and…
ECB Publishing welcomes Our two new reporters
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…
Chamber donates to Humane Society
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…
Watermelon Festival this weekend
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,…