Commission rejects fire truck request
The Bradford County Board of County Commissioners voted 3-2 against purchasing a new fire engine at their May 21 meeting, declining a request from Bradford County Fire Rescue Chief Ben Carter. Carter…
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Vote would end 149-year-old church
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The members of Starke’s First Baptist Church will vote on May 31 whether or not to become affiliated with Jacksonville-based Church of the Eleven22, effectively e…
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Santa Fe River flow at Worthington Springs drops to zero – Drought tightens grip on north Florida as April rainfall falls 74 percent short
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] North Florida’s drought deepened in April as rainfall came in 74 percent below the long-term average and rivers across the Suwannee River Water Management District…
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Keystone Heights eyes grant to buy former firehouse for community center
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] Keystone Heights officials are racing to file a $700,000 grant application by next week that could fund the acquisition of the former volunteer fire department dow…
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Clay school board approves student records system overhaul, fields voucher pushback
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Clay County School Board pushed forward on a major technology conversion, advanced a rewrite of its student code of conduct and heard a sustained round of publ…
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KH city manager reports on lake tree removal, Geneva Jungle upgrades
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] In a consolidated report covering roughly the past three weeks, Keystone Heights City Manager Jamie Booth told the city council during its May meeting that: - Rega…
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KH adopts Vision Zero, scales back July 4th fireworks
BY DAN HILDEBRAN [email protected] The Keystone Heights City Council adopted a Vision Zero traffic safety policy, approved a scaled-down July 4 fireworks display and signed off on a series of state…
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