News:
Telegraph–Times–Monitor for Oct. 3, 2024
Mark J. Crawford
October 2, 2024
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Helene’s costs being calculated as relief efforts begin
Mark J. Crawford
October 2, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] The impact on Bradford County is still being assessed, but strong winds from the outer reaches of Hurricane Helene were mostly responsible for taking out trees and powerlines, leaving thousands here without power from Thursday night, Sept. 26, through much of Saturday. Since then, concern...
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Starke considers reviving rec
Mark J. Crawford
October 2, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Starke leaders are both eager and cautions about reviving the city’s recreation department. Commissioners talked about the future of rec after Brian Blake approached them about the need for recreational programing. He reminisced of playing softball, baseball and basketball at the former Pratt Street rec...
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Union School District thanks Murray Ford
Dan Hildebran
October 2, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Union County School District thanked Murray Automotive Group for its support during the school board’s September 24 meeting. Superintendent Mike Ripplinger presented the company’s representatives, Amir Asadi, David Green, and Savannah Murray, with a plaque expressing the district’s appreciation for the dealer’s support. “For many...
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Helene leaves Union County with downed trees, no power
Dan Hildebran
October 2, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Gov. Ron DeSantis said that Union County, with 86% of residents losing power during Hurricane Helene, was one of the hardest-hit areas with power outages, following only those in the direct path of the storm, like Dixie, Lafayette, Suwannee, Hamilton, Taylor, Madison, and Columbia counties. The...
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Property owned by Lake Butler rezoned
Dan Hildebran
October 2, 2024
BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times The City of Lake Butler, meeting as the city planning and zoning board, met on Sept. 17, 2024, and considered three resolutions concerning rezoning a parcel of city-owned property. No public comments were made on the issue. The commission discussed a resolution...
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Sports:
KHHS boys golf team is 2nd, 3rd in recent action
Cliff Smelley
October 4, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] After participating in the Sept. 30 Randy Warren Invitational (see previous post), the Keystone Heights High School boys golf team placed second and third in a pair of matches. The Indians finished nine strokes behind Lafayette with a second-place score of 169 in an Oct. 1...
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KHHS’ Brooks is medalist in girls golf match
Cliff Smelley
October 4, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Keystone Heights High School’s Aubrey Brooks took first place in an Oct. 3 girls golf match against Gainesville at Ironwood Golf Course. Though it didn’t count as a team win, with Gainesville having only three players, the Indians had three of the top four individuals and...
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LBMS volleyball team sweeps double-header against Keystone
Cliff Smelley
October 1, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lake Butler Middle School’s A team rallied from a 23-18 second-set deficit to avoid being swept and eventually earn a 2-1 (20-25, 25-23, 15-13) win over visiting Keystone Heights in a Sept. 30 volleyball match. It was a double-header sweep for the Tigers, whose B team...
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Features:
Judge Davis swears in Bradford Elementary’s 1st-ever officers
Cliff Smelley
October 4, 2024
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Five sixth-grade students at Bradford Elementary School stood before County Judge Tatum Davis on Sept. 19. They weren’t in any trouble. Instead, they were officially becoming leaders at their school, being sworn in by Davis as newly elected student-government officers. “This is an honor,” Davis told...
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Gratitude expressed for heroic actions
Mark J. Crawford
October 2, 2024
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Bradford County Fire Rescue Chief Ben Carter recently commended a few individuals — both private citizens and first responders — for their involvement in heroic and even lifesaving situations. First was a headline-grabbing rescue during Tropical Storm Debbie for a driver trapped in a submerged...
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Crime:
Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
Dan Hildebran
October 2, 2024
The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered innocent until convicted in a court or until pleading guilty or no contest. Information in this report is from law enforcement agencies and court documents, which are...
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Former Keystone firefighter sentenced – Sheriff: ‘He’s an embarrassment’
Dan Hildebran
October 2, 2024
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] A former Clay County firefighter stationed in Keystone Heights was sentenced to two years in prison, 20 years’ probation, and ordered to register as a sex predator. Sean Evert Carpenter, 37, was arrested in Putnam County in October 2023, charged with four counts of lewd and...
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Obituaries:
Obituaries — Oct. 1, 2024
Cliff Smelley
October 1, 2024
Angela Forte Angela Sweat Forte, 54, died unexpectedly on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. She was born to Lillian and Wiley Sweat on Oct. 18, 1969. Angela met Bobby Forte in 1989 while visiting friends in Alabama. They married in 1995 and have one son, Dylan Forte. Angela was a homemaker,...
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Obituaries — Sept. 24, 2024
Cliff Smelley
September 24, 2024
Charles Hudson Charles Edward Hudson passed away Friday, Sept. 13, 2024, while visiting in Hanover, Maryland. He attended the local schools of Bradford County and was a member of Ebenezer Missionary Baptist Church, Starke. He was an entrepreneur and owned his own business. Survivors are his spouse, Tonya Hudson; sisters,...
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Editorial:
Vote no and keep races nonpartisan
Mark J. Crawford
October 1, 2024
Dear Editor: Florida’s closed-primary loophole is one of the worst abuses of voter rights in the country today and a key reason why a move to partisan primaries for school board elections would be a disaster for voters. Some history: In 1997, 64% of Florida voters passed the Universal Primary...
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Postal worker remembered
Mark J. Crawford
August 20, 2024
Dear Editor, On Monday, Aug. 26, the Melrose Post Office will be renamed in honor of Pamela Jane Rock. Pam was a letter carrier who died after being attacked by dogs while delivering mail in Interlachen in 2022. Although she had been a letter carrier for about only seven months...
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