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Published September 19Prep football: Wildcats follow Blue Devils script, run way past Panthers, 22-7
Somehow, it was as if the Baker County High School football coaches and players watched Palatka’s 35-0 loss to Clay on tape rather intently. In that game, Clay’s Blue Devils dominated the front line and went for 264 yards rushing in a 35-0 triumph. The Wildcats may not have…
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Published September 18Former PDN site back on market while school remains open
A “for sale” sign is once again in front of the former Palatka Daily News building, where a growing private school recently opened a second location for its middle school students. The commercial property at 1825 St. Johns Ave. that houses Putnam Classical Academy is listed for…
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Published September 18Rector bringing lessons of faith to book fest
It was the Dangerous Prayer Retreat material that one man of God decided to revisit at his Palatka church during Lent in 2025 that prompted him to write his latest book. The Rev. Canon Jon Davis, 67, who has been the rector at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church in Palatka for the past…
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Published September 18One Book title to be revealed at literacy festival
Submitted to the Daily News One Book One Putnam will reveal its choice for its community-wide read for 2027 during the upcoming Garden of Reading Literacy Festival. Now in its second year, the festival will occur 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. Sept. 26 at Ravine Gardens State Park, 1600 Twigg…
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Published September 18Today in History – Sept. 18
By Nancy Alvers September 18 In 1886, Engineer de Montmollin attached the steam fire engine to the artesian well at the Palatka courthouse, throwing a stream of water equal to any of the same size. “The new company, only nine in number, had a stream of water started in a few…
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Published September 18Fall festival, music and books fill a busy North Florida weekend
Summer Night Lights has wrapped up for the year, but Palatka’s downtown calendar will hardly be quiet this weekend as a fall festival, river cruises and community gatherings lead a busy three days of events across North Florida. Summer Night Lights, which brought music, food and…
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Published September 17Football Friday: Week 5
BAKER COUNTY (3-1) AT PALATKA (1-3) When, where: 7:00, Friday, at Bennett-Cooper Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. (Radio: WIYD-AM/FM, 1260/104.9). Series: Palatka leads series, 10-1, but Baker County won the last meeting, 28-21, in 2018. Last week’s results: Baker County…
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Published September 17Community Briefs
PALATKA Community yard sale free to vendors Sept. 19 A community yard sale will be held Sept. 19 at U.S. Veterans Post 104, 1050 State Road 19 South, next to Walmart. The event is free to vendors and the public. Vendors should bring their own tables and goods. School District…
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Published September 17Today in History – Sept. 17
by Nancy Alvers September 17 In 1862, Governor Milton announced that Florida had purchased a substantial amount of homespun cloth to be made into uniforms for the state’s Confederate military. In 1878, A.W. Mann’s ad in the Eastern Herald claimed his Palatka Meat Market had “the…
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Published September 17Letter to the Editor: Good-bye Rusty Starr
We have lost Palatka’s Rusty Starr. Among PDN’s best publishers so far. Now that intrepid reporter from Hoxie. Will only be able to report by proxy. Gone to heaven’s newsroom in the sky. So, good-bye Rusty Starr, good-bye. Allegra Kitchens Palatka The post Letter to the Editor:…
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Published September 17Bostwick performer eager to share music at concert series
One local singer and songwriter’s passion is using her music to bring back life into heavy hearts. That is what Stevie Lynne hopes to do as the featured performer during the next Palatka SoundStage concert series performance Sept. 18 at the Larimer Arts Center, 216 Reid St. The…
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Published September 17Late artist’s ‘Wilderness’ works kicking off FloArts season
Deemed a masterful artist and an influential instructor by his protege, a founding fine art instructor at Florida School of the Arts is being honored in an exhibit featuring his work. The “Wilderness: Landscape Paintings of the Late FloArts Professor Gene Roberds” exhibition will…