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The Florida Department of Health in Bradford County has issued a Health Alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algal toxins in the Sampson River (off Sampson Lake). This is in response to a water sample taken on August 15, 2022. The public should exercise caution in and around the Sampson River area. Residents and … Read more

BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE— As Starke commissioners prepared to approve a resolution on ethics and civility, Mayor Janice Mortimer asked Commissioner Danny Nugent to control himself going forward and better understand his role as a city commissioner. Last year, Starke employees and contract workers complained that Nugent had interfered with their work, … Read more