Abandoned property racking up fines

Abandoned property racking up fines

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

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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State to build bridge over 301

State to build bridge over 301

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

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…

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Claimed undeserved homestead exemption

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

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

Get to know your emergency manager

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

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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Union County teachers get raises

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times   The Union County School District, more specifically the School Board and Superintendent Mike Ripplinger, have been hard at work for more than a year, making th…

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Veterans Day to feature Teacher of the Year

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times   LAKE BUTLER—The year’s annual Veterans Day observance will be held on Nov. 10 in the auditorium at Union County High School at 9 a.m. The event is open to the…

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Lake Butler starts over on manager search

  • November 7, 2023
  • Dan Hildebran

    BY TRACY LEE TATE Special to the Times LAKE BUTLER— The City of Lake Butler held a special meeting Wed. Nov. 1 to interview its top three picks of the applicants for the position of city…

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