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Area locations to celebrate July 4th
More than a dozen Fourth of July celebrations are on tap this coming week in North Central Florida. From Starke to Cedar Key, communities are set for parades, music and fireworks to mark the 248th anniversary of the birth of America’s independence. Here’s a list of events that are...
The Week Ahead: Your stories to look out for in North Central Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) - Lake City City Council members tackle the question of how to give themselves annual pay raises on Monday. They are scheduled to vote on placing a referendum on the November ballot asking voters whether council members must approve their pay raises in stand-alone proposals. The demolition...
Remembering Suwannee: Wellborn, Part 4
Eric Musgrove Contributor This week, we'll finish our multi-article study on the Wellborn community, one of the oldest existing communities in Suwannee County. During the heyday period of Wellborn during the late 1800s and early 1900s, several businesses operated in the "downtown" area of the community. Some of these include grist mills, cotton gins, general merchandise stores, board houses, saloons, physicians and drug stores, blacksmiths, coopers, shoemakers, livery stables, sawmills and millinery. Numerous farms also dotted the landscape around Wellborn, selling their wares in local markets. In the early 20th Century, the population density of the major communities had not changed,
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