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Looking back: Starke celebrates 100 years
Editor’s note: Information for this story was taken from the Bradford County Telegraph’s centennial issue. With the impending centennial celebration of the city of Keystone Heights in 2025, the Tele…
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Looking back: Blanding grows out of ‘sand and swampland’
A picture may say 1,000 words, but a photo that was published in the Dec. 15, 1939, issue of the Bradford County Telegraph didn’t even come close to describing what was taking place east of Starke. Th…
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Science Bus inspires young minds at Starke summer camp
Students attending the Concerned Citizens Summer Day Camp continued building their reading, math and science skills as the Science Bus returned to the RJE Center on June 26, bringing hands-on STEM a…
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Obituaries — June 30, 2026
Linda Shadd Buchtmann Linda Shadd Buchtmann, 78, beloved wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend, passed away Thursday, May 28, 2026, in Perry at her home after a short illness. Lin…
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Keystone RV Resort CEO shares expansion plans
Vicent Esson, the CEO of Keystone Heights RV Resort, discussed the resort’s growth and expansion plans at the Clay County Chamber’s Lake Region Prosperity meeting on June 27 at the Keystone Heights…
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Starke considers cuts during first budget talk
The Starke City Commission got its first look at a proposed fiscal year 2026-27 general fund budget June 16, with City Manager Drew Mullins presenting a pair of side-by-side spending plans: one built…
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Rising costs, new employees increase sheriff’s budget
Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith has submitted a proposed fiscal year 2026-27 budget of $8.97 million to the Bradford County Commission, an increase of roughly 4% over the current year's budget, d…
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