Starke financial audit showing improvement

  • November 20, 2023
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Overall, auditors found no deteriorating conditions as they examined Starke’s accounting for FY 2022, although city commissioners were warned about a “substantial…

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Holiday activities abound in Bradford

Holiday activities abound in Bradford

  • November 20, 2023
  • Mark J. Crawford

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor Excitement for the Christmas season seems to begin earlier every year, and family get-togethers at Thanksgiving are a good time to begin planning holiday activitie…

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Obituaries — Nov. 20, 2023

  • November 20, 2023
  • Cliff Smelley

  Beverly Creighton Beverly Cruise Creighton, 81, of Lawtey, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, in Starke.  She was preceded in death by her parents; daughter, Paula Ralston; and one brother. Survivors…

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Report: Department of Corrections health ‘dire’

Report: Department of Corrections health ‘dire’

  • November 20, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

BY JAMES WILLIAMS Special to the Telegraph STARKE—It has been no secret that the Florida Legislature’s go-to budget cut has traditionally been the state’s corrections and prison system for decades. Th…

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Bradley re-files bill to get lawyers for animals

Bradley re-files bill to get lawyers for animals

  • November 20, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Sen. Jennifer Bradley is making a second attempt to get animals legal representation in Florida courts. The Fleming Island Republican filed a similar…

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Camp Crystal Lake celebrates 75th anniversary

Camp Crystal Lake celebrates 75th anniversary

  • November 20, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The Alachua County School District invited the public to celebrate the 75th anniversary of its student camp on the shores of Crystal Lake. The Nov. 1…

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