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County sets July 21 town hall on property tax amendment; Kornegay projects $5.4 million loss
Bradford County commissioners will hold a town hall meeting at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 21, at the Charley Johns Conference Center to lay out what a property tax amendment on the November ballot would me…
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County, fair association settle open carry lawsuit; fairgrounds must allow lawful carry
The lawsuit over a ban on openly carried firearms at this year’s Bradford County Fair has been settled, with the Bradford County Fair Association agreeing to allow open carry at the fairgrounds and th…
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Nugent honored for 20 years of service
What was billed on the agenda only as a mystery “presentation” turned out to be a surprise honor for one of the city’s longest-serving elected officials. At the July 7 meeting of the Starke City Commi…
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Starke holds millage rate, searches budget for cuts
Starke city commissioners spent the evening of July 7 discussing a tight fiscal year 2027 budget and voted, later that same night, to hold the city’s property tax rate steady for another year. The ses…
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Sheriff returns $968,521 to county; audit comes back clean
Bradford County Sheriff Gordon Smith handed over a check for $968,521 at the July 7 county commission meeting, returning unspent funds from his office’s fiscal year 2025 budget on the same morning aud…
Read MoreCounty moves purchasing rules out of code, into internal policy
Bradford County’s purchasing rules are moving out of the county code of ordinances and into an internal policy document after a pair of unanimous votes at the July 7 county commission meeting. Commiss…
Read MoreRiddick reflects on nation’s 250th, voices concerns about country’s direction
Commissioner Danny Riddick used his comments at the close of the July 7 Bradford County Commission meeting to reflect on the nation’s 250th Independence Day and to voice concerns about the country’s d…
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Union County School Board approves new scholarship guide, weighs contracting out custodial work
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Dan@BcTelegraph.com The Union County School Board moved through a full slate of back-to-school business Monday night, adopting a new enrollment guide for scholarship families, setting…
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