News:
Still addresses Starke’s ‘environmental nightmare’
Mark J. Crawford
December 4, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Paul Still called a wetlands mitigation project “an environmental nightmare” during his presentation to Starke city commissioners last month. Still, a board member for the Bradford Soil and Water Conservation District, was allowed to present their concerns after warning that Starke would face the cost...
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Manager answers questions about those ‘lead letters’
Mark J. Crawford
December 4, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Recently, some Starke water customers received letters from the city stating that their service lines are or may have been connected to pipes made of lead, thereby increasing their risk of exposure to lead in their drinking water. Drew Mullins, Starke’s general manager for utilities,...
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Homeless to be booted from parks and other public spaces
Mark J. Crawford
December 4, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Individuals without housing who may have found accommodations on public property are now prohibited from sleeping there by state law. The law leaves it up to cities and counties to decide whether to designate a public space where the homeless can go, providing a list...
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Late audit still looks good for Bradford County
Mark J. Crawford
December 4, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Accounting issues in the sheriff’s office resulted in a late audit for Bradford County. Brendan McKitrick of James Moore and Company delivered the results of that Fiscal Year 2023 audit to county commissioners last week, highlighting growth in funds, but some timeliness issues that need...
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Telegraph–Times–Monitor for Nov. 28, 2024
Mark J. Crawford
November 27, 2024
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Sports:
Tigers’ season ends with 34-8 state-semifinal loss
Cliff Smelley
December 5, 2024
BY CECE THOMAS Special to the Telegraph-Times-Monitor In recent years, it seems like the Union County and Madison County high school football teams fight each other for the right to play on in the postseason. Only one can come out on top. This year, it was the host Cowboys, who...
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BHS girls even record at 2-2 with a victory over Columbia
Cliff Smelley
December 3, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Cherish Bing and Ar’Nayshia Griffin scored every point during an 11-0 fourth-quarter run as the Bradford High School girls basketball team defeated visiting Columbia 53-45 on Dec. 3. The Class 3A Tornadoes (2-2) were coming off a 56-20 loss to Rural Class Williston on Nov. 30...
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KHHS is in top 10 in 2 sports with release of state’s 2024 fall academic teams
Cliff Smelley
December 2, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School had five athletic teams included with the release of the Florida High School Athletic Association Fall Academic Champions, with the Indians having two teams earn top-10 honors with their cumulative grade-point average. Academic Champions are named for each sport in each classification....
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Features:
Marching Tigers do it again with overall Superior at MPA
Cliff Smelley
December 3, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Union County High School’s Marching Tigers continue to perform at the highest level, earning an overall Superior rating at the fall Music Performance Assessment, which was held Nov. 2 at Alachua’s Santa Fe High School. The Marching Tigers, composed of 80 members, earned Superior in each...
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BHS band goes from Good to Excellent at fall MPA
Cliff Smelley
December 3, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Disbelief was followed by excitement. Bradford High School’s Scarlet Storm marching band earned two Superior ratings as part of an overall rating of Excellent at the Nov. 2 District 4 Music Performance Assessment at Alachua’s Santa Fe High School. Bands receive six ratings in five categories,...
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The value of mentoring
Dan Hildebran
November 19, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] One of the newest members of the Keystone Heights Rotary Club said three of the best decisions in his life were influenced by role models. Now, he wants to return the favor by guiding young people through their teenage and young adult years. Brent Bathurst is...
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Bradford class of 1974 celebrates 50th
Dan Hildebran
November 19, 2024
The class of Bradford High School, 1974 celebrated its 50th reunion on September 28, 2024, at Cooper Hall in Camp Blanding. Special guest Melba Johnson, one of our class sponsors, PE teacher, and cheerleader sponsor, was in attendance. All enjoyed a catered meal of brisket, pulled pork, chicken, green beans,...
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Bishop takes over Starke Rotary leadership
Dan Hildebran
November 19, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The new president of the Starke Rotary Club said the civic organization allows him to participate in a wide range of charitable projects, from the global eradication of polio to building pickleball courts at a Starke city park. In July, Brad Bishop took the club's gavel...
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Crime:
Stuffed dead kittens into freezer
Dan Hildebran
November 26, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Bradford deputies arrested a 57-year-old Starke woman after they said she put six dead kittens and a dead rat into a freezer. Christina Farrington was arrested on seven counts of unlawful disposal of a dead animal, possession of a drug without a prescription, and trespassing. According...
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High Ridge man guilty in Good Samaritan’s death
Dan Hildebran
November 26, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] State Attorney Melissa Nelson said a jury convicted a Keystone Heights man of killing a neighbor who tried to protect the defendant’s girlfriend in 2023. The Jacksonville-based prosecutor said a Clay County jury found William Burroughs guilty of manslaughter with a weapon, aggravated battery with a...
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Obituaries:
Obituaries — Dec. 3, 2024
Cliff Smelley
December 3, 2024
Ruth Browning Ruth Browning, 83, of Starke, died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024. She was preceded in death by her parents; and her husband, Irvin Browning. Survivors are three children, Gary Browning, Kenneth Browning and Debra McKeown; three sisters; and extended family members Visitation will be from 12 p.m. until 1...
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Obituaries — Nov. 25, 2024
Cliff Smelley
November 25, 2024
Peter Barnum Peter “Pete” Albert Barnum, 70, of Starke passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. He was born in New Rochelle, New York on Oct. 15, 1954, to the late Royal S. Barnum and Georgette J. Cornell Barnum. He was raised in Gainesville and graduated from Gainesville High School. Shortly...
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Editorial:
Remember his legacy
Mark J. Crawford
December 4, 2024
Dear Editor: Bradford and Clay Counties recently lost one of their finest, Jason Wyatt Bennett, a man who, even at a young age, touched the lives of so many with his kindness, his dedication, and his unwavering commitment to service. I had the privilege of knowing Jason’s mother and father,...
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Helped her nephew
Mark J. Crawford
November 20, 2024
Dear Editor: On Thursday, Nov. 7, my nephew was riding his street legal scooter to Walmart. Someone driving a “big, black truck,” according to my nephew, sideswiped him, sending him into the emergency lane and ditch. The truck driver did not stop. A minister was in the car behind the...
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