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After a year of interim managers, Fort Meade has at last settled upon a new leader to manage city affairs, and he is arriving just in time to face a "problem" some wouldn't mind dealing with. On a 4-1 vote, city commissioners had offered the role to Edward Walker Dean last month, and his signing of the deal was reported during Tuesday's meeting of the board. His immediate challenge: trying to salvage an unused $5 million grant. Fort Meade was the only Polk County city to...
Cities across the county are seeing significant rises in property tax income, according to the preliminary tax roll published by Polk County Property Appraiser Marsha Faux. Despite the recent surge in home prices and the value of new construction, however, property values in most Ridge-area municipalities have seen only modest increases so far. The valuations have significant impacts on city budgets, since local shares of the taxes are based upon the millage rates set by...
Henry Thomas Siler, age 91, of Homeland, FL passed away Sunday, July 7, 2024. He was born October 28, 1932 in Siler City, NC to Wade & Annie Siler. Henry served in the US Army. He was the Owner & Operator of Specialty Office Products. He was a member of Homeland Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 65 years Roberta Siler of Homeland, daughter Lynn Mills & husband Roger of Homeland, son Richard Alan Siler of Atlanta, GA, sister Mary Alice Hancock of Candler, NC,...
Gloria Forcke Stenger passed away peacefully on July 2, 2024 at the age of 100. She was born on September 4, 1923, to Iris Cooper and Robert Forcke in Oak Ridge, Roatan, Honduras. She spent her childhood surrounded by crystal-clear water, mountains, and dense green rainforests. She left her island to become a stewardess with TACA Airlines in 1943. In El Salvador, she met her husband, Ray Stenger, an American intelligence officer. They married there in 1947 and moved to...
A long-awaited audit of the operations of a business incubator funded by the city of Lake Wales using federal grant funds has turned up several shortcomings but few details, despite a long delay. The audit, which covers only the first year of operations of the incubator, operated Florida Development Corporation, was ordered by the city following the arrest of the former FDC chief financial officer Charles Young on felony fraud charges. Young was accused by his former business...
