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Published September 08Starke tables city clerk pay raise, awaits full commission
Starke city commissioners put off a decision Sept. 3 on whether to raise City Clerk Chrissy Thompson's salary to $80,000, voting to delay the matter until the full board can weigh in. Commissioner Bob Milner moved to table the resolution until the commission's Oct. 6 meeting,…
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Published September 08Starke awards $5.86 million contract to extend water, sewer lines to bypass
The Starke City Commission voted unanimously Sept. 3 to award a $5.86 million contract to extend water and sewer service to the U.S. 301 bypass, a project that came in less than half of what the city had budgeted for it. City Manager Drew Mullins told commissioners the project…
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Published September 08Bradford advances commercial rezoning near RV resort
The Bradford County Commission voted Sept. 1 to advance a plan to reclassify roughly 7.67 acres near Keystone Heights RV Resort from residential to commercial use. This was the first of two votes needed to clear the way for what the property owner describes as a future commercial…
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Published September 08Bradford updating subdivision regulations over time
Bradford County commissioners voted Sept. 1 to approve, on first reading, the first phase of a rewrite of the county's subdivision regulations that would shift final plat and construction-plan approval away from the elected county commission and to an administrative "Land…
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Published September 08Starke Kiwanians hear how Pace for Girls will work in Bradford
Pace Center for Girls Clay announced its intention to provide therapy services to Bradford County at its April 22 Believing in Girls luncheon in Orange Park and later reiterated its plans for members of the Kiwanis Club of Starke. Genelle Thomas, the executive director of Clay…
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Published September 08Ricky Thompson remembered as devoted public servant, friend
Ricky Thompson spent 38 years keeping the lights on in Starke, then eight more years as the city's elected clerk. But at his memorial service Sept. 4, the family and friends who filled the DeWitt C. Jones Chapel at Jones-Gallagher Funeral Home said his real legacy had little to…
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Published September 08BHS golfer Johnson ties for 2nd in match against Broncos
Bradford High School got a second-place finish from Branson Johns, but lost to visiting Middleburg in a Sept. 3 boys golf match. The Tornadoes had a team score of 167, which left them trailing Middleburg by five strokes. Johns and Middleburg’s Jackson Bork tied for the runner-up…
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Published September 07Tornadoes score 6 1st-half TDs, defeat Zarephath 56-0
Quarterback Cy Cubbedge accounted for four touchdowns rushing and passing, while the defense posted its second shutout this season in the Bradford High School football team’s 56-0 win over visiting Zarephath Academy on Sept. 4. The Tornadoes (3-0) held the Eagles to 26 total…
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Published September 04BHS volleyball record now even with win over Raiders
Bradford High School’s volleyball team hosted Orange Park on Sept. 1, defeating the Raiders 3-0 (25-18, 25-23, 25-15). The Tornadoes (3-3) got seven kills from Elaina Smith and six kills and three service aces from Tatum Burkhalter. Autumn DeKorver and Manduo Wei led the team in…
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Published September 02BHS grade released — and it’s a B
Bradford High School has its grade for 2025-26: a B, matching last year's mark and giving a consecutive B grades for only the second time in school history. The Florida Department of Education's report shows Bradford High earned 616 of a possible 1,000 points, or 62%, across 10…
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Published September 01Speed bumps in Starke follow no master plan, officials say
City hall cannot say exactly how many speed bumps are spread across Starke’s neighborhoods. "There’s a lot of them," City Manager Drew Mullins said. What officials can describe is how they got there: one resident complaint, one commissioner phone call, and roughly $500 at a time.…