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Palatka Daily News
Published September 15Crescent City approves budget, improvement plan on first reading
Elected officials in Crescent City voted on numerous financial items and eventually retained the services of an engineering company after a heated back-and-forth between officials. During the Sept. 10 Crescent City Commission meeting, there was a unanimous vote to adopt the…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 11Church News
Food Truck Thursdays Howe Memorial United Methodist Church, 252 S. Summit St. in Crescent City, will host Food Truck Thursdays from noon-6 p.m. each week on the church’s front lawn. Only three spaces are available each week and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 10Today in History – Sept. 10
September 10 In 1909, the 20-year-old Crescent City Transfer Company met trains and brought passengers to town by boat; however, a hard road built to the station had produced a competitive hack line. The transfer line had asked Atlantic Coast Line officials to establish a ticket…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 10Group beseeches county to take over spay, neuter trailer
Putnam County leaders are taking time to research whether they should accept an animal advocacy organization’s offer to take control of the spay-and-neuter trailer the group opened last year but can no longer afford. Members of the Animal Rescue Konsortium, an animal rescue…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 09Prep football: Raiders, Wildcats off for this season
For the first time since 1969, the annual Pierson Taylor and Crescent City rivalry football game will not be played. “Gavin (Mueller), their athletic director, called me last week and told me,” Crescent City athletic director and football coach Tim Ross said on the cancellation…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 05Prep football: Rams get many contributions in victory over Raiders
CRESCENT CITY – No Garret Riddley, no problem. Interlachen got contributions from several people who stepped up when the team needed them in a 23-7 win Friday at Wisnoski Field at Wiltcher Stadium. One of those players was six-quarter junior varsity-varsity player C.J. Elmore,…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 04Column: My recollections of that fateful day 25 years ago
Five years ago, I wrote about the lives of two coaches at Crescent City Junior-Senior High School, current athletic director Tim Ross and the legendary Holly Pickens, on the 20th anniversary of the horrors that took place on Sept. 11, 2001. You can always look that column up in…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 04Prep roundup: Palatka overcomes first-set loss, takes down Crescent City
The serving that haunted Palatka Junior-Senior High School during its four-set win Tuesday night against Interlachen started haunting them again Thursday night at Crescent City. The Panthers lost the first set, but figured things out and ended up taking down the Raiders, 28-30,…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 03Putnam churches plan worship, fellowship and community events
Food Truck Thursdays Howe Memorial United Methodist Church, 252 S. Summit St. in Crescent City, will host Food Truck Thursdays from noon to 6 p.m. each week on the front lawn of the church. Only three spaces are available, and spaces will be assigned on a first-contact basis. No…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 02More than 800 acres acquired for conservation
A five-agency partnership in South Putnam County is helping preserve hundreds of acres of woodlands, citrus groves, farmland and wildlife. Meetinghouse Groves, an 816.46-acre family property near Crescent City, was purchased as a conservation easement for $2,665,000, paid for…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 02Prep football preview: 0-2 Raiders, 1-1 Rams in desperate need for a victory
It may be only week three, but this year’s West Putnam vs. South Putnam showdown may be more critical than one would think. Both Interlachen (1-1) and Crescent City (0-2) desperately need a win when the two county rivals meet at 7 p.m. Friday at Wisnoski Field at Wilcher Stadium.…
Palatka Daily News
Published September 02Prep volleyball: Raiders top Wildcats in unconventional manner
This was no way to beat a team that has had the best of you for 13 years. Yet, the Crescent City Junior-Senior High School volleyball team did the unthinkable on Tuesday night at home: Beat rival Pierson Taylor with a makeshift team. The Raiders defeated the Wildcats in…