News in Starke
Bradford County Telegraph
Published 22 hours agoSchool board OKs land swap with Starke; timeline hinges on funding
The Bradford County School Board has signed off on a property swap with the city of Starke. The deal would send the former Southside Elementary School campus to the city and give the school district the city’s maintenance and purchasing facility on North Orange Street. The board…
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Published September 08Starke commissioners field pointed budget criticism, adopt tentative $61 million spending plan
Starke city commissioners adopted a tentative property tax rate and a $61 million budget for the 2026-27 fiscal year Thursday, but not before a resident pressed them on unpaved roads and drainage problems near her home and questioned where a double-digit spending increase is…
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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 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.…