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Bradford County Telegraph for June 12, 2025 593s1t
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
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Union County Times for June 12, 2025 3f4k3u
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
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Lake Region Monitor for June 12, 2025 3d486i
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
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Bradford gets price tag for new school 5y6th
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] The Bradford County School Board recently took several steps toward funding construction of the next school. This is the grades 7-12 combination school that will replace the campuses of Bradford Middle School and North Florida Technical College. Greg Kelly with CRA Architects told board ...
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Starke’s new wastewater plant goes to work z4w6d
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
A new $25 million wastewater treatment plant began operations in Starke last month and is now at work increasing the level of service to existing customers, protecting human health and the environment and preparing the city for future economic development opportunity. The city of Starke partnered with the United States...
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Races taking shape in Starke election 3dpz
Mark J. Crawford
June 11, 2025
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD [email protected] Qualifying for Starke’s August election is taking place this week, with candidates running for one of two city commission seats as well as the office of city clerk. A referendum seeking to remove the clerk as an elected official from the charter failed in April,...
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Sports: 3t1351
Waters says coaching UCHS ‘something I needed to do’ 4o1th
Cliff Smelley
June 3, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lamar Waters went from thinking he wouldn't be doing any coaching upon his return to Union County to now taking over the high school football program as an interim coach for the 2025 season in the aftermath of Andrew Thomas' firing. Waters took a teaching position...
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Waters named interim coach for UCHS in midst of firing, resignations 132n5o
Cliff Smelley
June 3, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Lamar Waters was named interim head football coach and athletic director at Union County High School on June 2, stepping in for Andrew Thomas, who was relieved of his duties on May 29. Waters, who returned to the Union County School District after coaching and serving...
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Clark selected for 1st-team all-conference again for CCF a2i6b
Cliff Smelley
June 3, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] College of Central Florida sophomore softball player Leah Clark earned first-team All-Citrus Conference honors after again being one of the top offensive players for the Ocala junior college. Clark, a 2023 Union County High School graduate who was also a first-team all-conference selection her freshman season,...
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Naming of Outstanding 4-H’ers among highlights of Bradford awards banquet 441ky
Cliff Smelley
June 13, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Cassidy Brown, Luke Sapp and Ansley Ward were named Outstanding 4-H’ers of the Year at the Bradford County 4-H awards banquet, which was held June 3 at the Gov. Charley E. Johns Conference Center in Starke. Brown and Ward were the junior and intermediate honorees, respectively,...
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State-champion livestock team speaks visits Starke Kiwanis Club 1d2r5n
Cliff Smelley
June 13, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] The last time Lizzie Whitehead brought a Bradford County 4-H livestock judging team to a Kiwanis Club of Starke meeting, she said the team had “completed the impossible” by winning a state championship. That was in 2023. When she brought the 2025 team to the Kiwanis...
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Two artists featured at Mossman during art walk 3di8
Dan Hildebran
June 12, 2025
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Mossman Hall displayed the works of two area artists during the June 6 Melrose Art Walk. St. Simons Island resident Alyson Tucker was raised in Atlanta and moved to Georgia’s Golden Isles in the 1970s to escape the city. “That was when the drug culture was...
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Keystone native Gibbs finds ion in making people dance 2d3k1j
Cliff Smelley
June 12, 2025
BY CLIFF SMELLEY [email protected] Pablo Picasso is credited with saying, “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” Brighton Gibbs’ art helps people dance away the dust of everyday life. Gibbs, a 2015 Keystone Heights High School graduate who lives in Orlando, has found a ion in...
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Union County senior citizens on the move 4s4r5f
Dan Hildebran
June 11, 2025
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Union County’s Alicia Maxwell and Doris Thomas leads a group of seniors who are determined to stay active. “It's an organization that's for people who are 60 and older,: Maxwell said during a recent community meeting in Lake Butler. “We call it meet, breathe, and eat....
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Nonprofit helps children on removal day 5g48c
Dan Hildebran
June 11, 2025
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Sherrie Stean of the Isaiah 117 House said children removed from homes awaiting placement by the state may sometimes languish in a police station, a conference room floor, or in a patrol car for hours. That’s where her Baker County-based nonprofit, the Isaiah 117 House, comes...
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Crime: 5y6f1a
Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay o951
Dan Hildebran
June 11, 2025
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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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay o951
Dan Hildebran
June 3, 2025
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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Obituaries: 3g2s4c
Obituaries — June 10, 2025 x624z
Cliff Smelley
June 10, 2025
Earl Barber Earl “Duke” Barber, a lifelong resident of Lawtey, ed away Wednesday, June 4, 2025, just days before his 86th birthday. Born on June 9, 1939, in Lawtey, he remained deeply rooted in the community that shaped his life. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Bishop...
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Obituaries — June 3, 2025 2u1a51
Cliff Smelley
June 3, 2025
Anita Clark Jan. 28, 1963 – May 25, 2025. It is with deep love and sadness that we announce the ing of Anita Clark, beloved wife, mother, daughter, sister, and friend, who departed this life on Sunday, May 25, 2025, at the age of 62. She was the devoted wife...
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Editorial: 3683p
DOGE in local government 5q2j45
Mark J. Crawford
April 8, 2025
Dear Editor: It recently came to my attention that, beyond the customary retainer Union County pays its attorney, in the last 12 months, the county paid an additional $56,180.25 in professional charges for legal services. The county attorney receives a retainer of $2,910 a month, or $34,920 annually, to attend...
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Thanks for ing food pantry 48163u
Mark J. Crawford
March 25, 2025
Dear Editor: On behalf of the Board of Directors and many volunteers that operate the Bradford Food Pantry, we want to thank you for your generous in 2024. In 2024, we averaged approximately 100 families receiving food each week, primarily because of the generosity of folks receiving this update....
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