Union and Bradford lose Bobby Payne
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER — Beginning next year, Bradford and Union counties will no longer be represented by Bobby Payne in the Florida House of Representatives. Under a redistrict…
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Starke approves water and sewer rate changes
BY MARK J. CRAWFORD Telegraph Editor STARKE — Starke commissioners have raised water and sewer rates for some in spite of public opposition. Residential water rates are simplified under the new ordin…
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Lake Brooklyn up 1.5 feet in March
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The St. Johns River Water Management District said that rainfall in March, which was more that double the month’s average, pushed water levels on Lake…
Read MoreUnion County spelling champ wins regional
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor LAKE BUTLER— A St. Johns County home-schooled eighth grader who represented Union County in the First Coast Spelling Bee won the event and will now compete in the Scrip…
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Recent arrests in Bradford, Union and Clay
April 2 through April 8 The following individuals were arrested recently by local law enforcement officers in Bradford, Union or Clay (Keystone Heights-area) counties. All defendants are considered in…
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4 years for keying car and face
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A 25-year-old Starke woman was sentenced to four years in prison after pleading to damaging a car with a key, and in a separate incident, striking a victim in t…
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CPA featured during Lake Region business meeting
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— An accountant offered money-saving tips to business owners during the March meeting of the Lake Region Prosperity Council. Patrick Fields of DuVal Fie…
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Accused arsonist judged incompetent
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor STARKE— A man whom Bradford deputies said cut the tires on family members’ vehicles and then set fire to his parents’ house during a family dispute was ruled incompeten…
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Why eat weeds?
BY DAN HILDEBRAN Monitor Editor KEYSTONE HEIGHTS— The president of the Garden Club of the Lakes told a Lake Region civic group that their next meals could come from their own back yards. Jackie Host t…
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