How fuel prices impact electric bills
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Because the cost of producing electricity fluctuates with the price of natural gas, the cost of purchasing electricity fluctuates. As a member of the Flo…
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County to decided tax rate while balancing budget
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Bradford County commissioners will receive a proposed budget based on a 10-mill property tax rate. There is still an opportunity to lower the tax rate pri…
Read MoreProposed legislation threatens small radio stations
BY TRACY LEE TATE Times Editor Broadcast radio is free to anyone who want to listen. There are no fees to the listener, using the radios that some in their cars and entertainment centers, unlike sub…
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Lifelong Theressa resident Malone celebrates 90th birthday
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer Members of law enforcement were no strangers to Grace Malone’s home, but it wasn’t because any laws were being broken, unless you count it a crime to provide so…
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Bradford Community Healthcare Auxiliary installs officers
BY CLIFF SMELLEY Telegraph Staff Writer A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. You can apply the same principle to the Bradford Community Health Auxiliary, which was formerly known as the Shan…
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Study underway for airport’s Bradford County project
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Airport Manager Maria Searcy said a multi-million-dollar project to add industrial tenants to the airport is now undergoing an environmental assessmen…
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Jury: inmate knifed another prisoner in shower
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— On Wednesday, July 20, a Bradford County jury convicted Zeth Thomas Trawick, 40, of aggravated battery with a deadly weapon and possession of contraband in a st…
Read MoreObituaries — July 26, 2022
Henry French STARKE - Henry “Peter French” French, 85, of Starke, passed away on Tuesday, July 19, 2022 in the ET York Haven Hospice Center in Gainesville. He was born on Dec. 26, 1936…
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Knockout punch at Burger King
Bradford July 19 misdemeanor dispositions BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE—Warren Matrice Lee, 31, was sentenced to 12 months’ probation, ordered to undergo anger management classes and pay $2,8…
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