BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Starke City Manager Drew Mullins has proposed a new voting district map, and the public is invited to comment on Feb. 15. This will be the first time the city has undertaken redistricting since the districts were first created in the 1980s. For the past few months, … Read more
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — The need to repay federal debt on a new sewer plant, fund ongoing and future maintenance of the system, and raise revenue for other services is behind a proposed increase in Starke’s water and wastewater rates. Currently Starke charges the same base rate of $17.37 to in-city … Read more
A rehabilitated mature bald eagle was successfully released back to its home near Lake Crosby and Lake Sampson in Starke, Florida, on Jan. 24. Just after Christmas, Aleathia Morabito, discovered the eagle tangled in moss, hanging upside down in a tall tree. Licensed wildlife rescue volunteer John Fields and neighborhood residents, including Guy DeRoche, retrieved … Read more
*Bradford deputies said a registered sexual offender traveled from his home in Middleburg to a Starke church to stalk a teen he met on social media.*Daniel Jarrod Giglio was convicted in 2006 in Clay County for lewd and lascivious battery on a victim 12-15 years old.*The victim told Giglio she was to attend a concert … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— Clay Electric trustees Jo Ann R. Smith, Carl Hagglund and Karen Hastings all qualified to run for reelection to the board of trustees, while no one else qualified to run for the seats during district meetings earlier this month. Smith’s District 8 covers Levy, Southern Marion and Lake … Read more
*The office held a retirement party for Robin Gay and Tressie Cleek on Friday, Jan. 28.*Gay began working at the clerk’s office in 1997 and worked mostly in jury management and juvenile delinquency and dependency.*Cleek is retiring a few weeks shy of her 40th anniversary with the office. She has worked the last 20 years … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor GREEN COVE SPRINGS— Clay County commissioners considered updates to the county’s dangerous dog ordinance during a Jan. 25 workshop. Assistant County Manager Troy Nagle told commissioners that the handling of dangerous dogs is governed by state statute. He added that although commissioners cannot alter state law, they can require that … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor TALLAHASSEE— A new report by Florida TaxWatch says a half-million Florida residents have no access to high-speed internet and Bradford County ranks among the counties with the lowest broadband coverage. “Communities that currently lack access to the affordable, reliable, high-quality broadband internet that is necessary for full participation in education, … Read more
*The blaze occurred in the Heilbron Springs area, between Starke and Raiford.*Multiple units of Bradford Fire Rescue responded and no injuries nor fatalities were reported.*Firefighters said the home was vacant. BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A Friday night structure fire in the Heilbron Springs area forced Clay Electric to cut power to 1,685 homes … Read more
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— A local business manager informed the Rotary Club about an organization that provides emergency housing to disaster victims and other displaced families. Mark Murton, the operations manager for Keystone Heights-based Clear Science spoke to the club remotely and said that tens of thousands of families lose their housing … Read more
