Dear Editor: Is Sen. Jennifer Bradley too busy taking care of $161 billion Florida Power & Light to look out for the voters who put her into office? Bradley introduced Senate Bill 1024 into the Florida Legislature. The bill would slash the amount FP&L pays homeowners for the power they generate from their rooftop solar … Read more
Dear Editor: Lucian Bradley was a good man. He did all my air- conditioning work for the past 30 years. I did not know he had passed until yesterday. He will be missed. If I called him with an A/C problem, he would typically be there within 30 minutes, and take care of the problem. … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Starke City Manager Drew Mullins has proposed a new voting district map, and the public is invited to comment on Feb. 15. This will be the first time the city has undertaken redistricting since the districts were first created in the 1980s. For the past few months, … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — The need to repay federal debt on a new sewer plant, fund ongoing and future maintenance of the system, and raise revenue for other services is behind a proposed increase in Starke’s water and wastewater rates. Currently Starke charges the same base rate of $17.37 to in-city … Read more
BY LARRY DUPEE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER — Lake Butler is growing, slowly, but growing. There are still a good number of “old friends” present in the business community, that are now keeping company with some “new kids” that have come into being in the past few years, and all seem to be … Read more
A rehabilitated mature bald eagle was successfully released back to its home near Lake Crosby and Lake Sampson in Starke, Florida, on Jan. 24. Just after Christmas, Aleathia Morabito, discovered the eagle tangled in moss, hanging upside down in a tall tree. Licensed wildlife rescue volunteer John Fields and neighborhood residents, including Guy DeRoche, retrieved … Read more
Virginia Crawford Denmark, author of “Who Will You be in the Midst of Your Storm?”, was recently selected as one of three finalists in the annual Southern Christian Writers’ Conference Notable Book Awards. Denmark is a public relations professional with communications and writing degrees from Jacksonville University. She said she was “totally shocked” her … Read more
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor LAKE BUTLER — After a year or more without a Women’s Club Valentine’s Day Luncheon, thanks to COVID-19 and its subsequent mutations, club members have finally decided the coast is clear enough to allow the annual event to resume. The date is set for Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022 from … Read more
Bradford NOTICE OF ACTION Bradford County BEFORE THE BOARD OF NURSING IN RE: The license to practice Nursing Kimberly Sullivan, R.N. 3216 West State Road 235 Brooker, FL 32622 CASE NO.: 2021-09909 LICENSE NO.: RN9497328 The Department of Health has filed an Administrative Complaint against you, a copy of which may be obtained by contacting, … Read more
