Community State Bank changing name
Bank holding company DLP Bancshares announced that its commercial bank based in Starke: Community State Bank, will be renamed DLP Bank on November 13. In a news release, the company said the bank has…
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Proposed car wash site changes hands
Masonic Charities of Florida Inc. closed on two parcels on November 1 for $450,000. One 0.9-acre parcel fronts U.S. 301 north of Mosely Tire. The second parcel is directly behind the first. Both sites…
Read More70-year-old killed in crash
The Florida Highway Patrol said a 70-year-old Starke man died Tuesday after a head-on collision on State Road 100 west of Starke. A family acquaintance identified the deceased as Loyal Eddie Aldridge,…
Read MoreMcDonald’s passes inspection, Keystone Inn improves
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager Of the two Bradford County restaurants inspected by state health officials in October, one passed with nine violations noted, and a second reduced the number of violat…
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Abandoned property racking up fines
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The City of Starke is fining the owner of an abandoned property on Grove Street $150 a day and could increase the fine to $250 a day in November. The city said in a $2…
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Pratt Street home becoming ‘a habitat for snakes’
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager A brother and sister are facing a $500-a-day fine from the City of Starke for allowing excessive vegetation to grow on their Pratt Street property, allowing the home o…
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State to build bridge over 301
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager Officials with the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation told Bradford County leaders that the Florida Department of Transportation plans to build a pedestria…
Read MoreClaimed undeserved homestead exemption
BY DAN HILDEBRAN General manager The Bradford County Property Appraiser’s Office has filed a $4,549.31 lien against a Starke property owner because she claimed a homestead exemption on a residence she…
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Get to know your emergency manager
BY JAMES WILLIAMS Special to the Monitor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS—Since 1953, Bradford County has seen 21 disaster declarations, with only nine due to hurricanes: 21 times a president included the county in…
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