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I remember history: the Big Dock burning in 1950
I remember when the Big Dock burned the year 1950. The Cedar Key Big Dock was built with 4x6 inch planks. Comment?
Residents want youth center, workforce housing
Workforce housing and a youth center are the two projects that Cedar Key could benefit the most from, according to many residents who gathered last week at the Cedar Key Community Redevelopment Agency workshop to discuss needs and offer suggestions of how to spend the remaining CRA funds. Comment?
Water District November Update
... of the treatment plant effluent by way of groundwater infiltration, and instead disposing of the effluent into Cedar Key's surface waters. This in turn can cause the Florida Department of Agriculture to close down clamming operations until the ... Comment?
Good News: Loving living in Levy County
... have been gratified to hear that response. During a Tourist Development Council meeting a while back, Bird said, "Cedar Key is the Disney of Levy County." I know this will just infuriate some folks, but Cedar Key is not all of Levy County. Those job ... Comment?
Airheads invade Levy for Suwannee Tech Day
Airheads from all over the state converged on a 45-acre farm located between Cedar Key and Chiefland recently for the Second Annual Suwannee River Tech Day and Camp. Comment?
Lee County growers as happy as clams
... Local clam production is small compared to the state's clam leader - 15 growers in Lee County compared to 200 at Cedar Key in Levy County. 'You don't need to be a $100 million industry to be a good industry,' said Leslie Sturmer, a Florida Sea ... Comment?
Cedar Key Junior FFA takes State
... to The Beacon The smallest school in Florida brought home a state championship in FFA forestry on Friday. The Cedar Key Middle School FFA Chapter won in spectacular fashion. Collectively the team placed first in four of the six categories and placed ... Comment?
Oysters on the Gulf Coast - including those in lugged by Cedar Key water men - are safe from a proposed federal Food and Drug administration "warm months" ban for now. Comment?
Man indicted in wife s slaying
... The shooting reportedly happened shortly after his wife returned home from her job at the Island Hotel in Cedar Key. The Dukes had returned the day before from their honeymoon at Crescent Beach. They had dated for seven years and were married in ... Comment?
Cedar Key man indicted in wife's shooting death
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Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 2:36 a.m. The Cedar Key man accused of shooting his wife of two weeks and kidnapping a close friend has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder and armed kidnapping. Comment?
Levy man indicted in wife's murder
Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 2:02 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 2:02 p.m. The Cedar Key man accused of shooting his wife of two weeks and kidnapping a close friend has been indicted on charges of first-degree murder and armed kidnapping. Comment?
Oysters safe from proposed FDA ban, for now
Oysters on the Gulf Coast - including those in lugged by Cedar Key water men - are safe from a proposed federal Food and Drug administration "warm months" ban for now. Comment?
County gets its feet wet on water issues
... decided in its Tuesday meeting that the county's eight municipalities - Fanning Springs, Chiefland, Otter Creek, Cedar Key, Bronson, Williston, Inglis and Yankeetown - will be invited to speak up about water-related issues, including water ... Comment?
Award Winning Clam Chowder In Cedar Key
Cedar Key is known for clams ... not clam chowder. but now, that could be changing. Comment?
... every kind of seafood imaginable will be at the festival. From smoked mullet to crab cakes. Tony's seafood out of Cedar Key will be catering their clam chowder, which recently competed, and won Clam Chowder World Champion. - Music - The band Azmyth ... Comment?
'Tis the season (finally) for speckled perch
... at Waccasassa Fishing Club with several nice speckled trout to go with their redfish limits. While fishing on the Cedar Key Pier with neighbor, Brenda Dangler, Alex Trapp thought she was hung on the bottom. After tugging for a while in an attempt to ... Comment?
Nov. 21, 1930: Clearwater oil drilling project discontinued
... Tarpon Springs, Beckett said: "That's an old story and does not bother the people of the Sponge City a little bit. Cedar Key has been trying to get our sponge market away from us for the past 10 years, and much money has been spent in the effort, ... Comment?
... "we do not have endless supplies" of the resource. Lauren Davis, a Future Farmers of America member and student at Cedar Key Middle School, compared North Florida to the ant in Aesop's fable, working hard to protect its resources, while a wasteful ... Comment?
Grease trap requirement to be enforced
All Cedar Key restaurants are required to have working grease traps, and now the Cedar Key Water and Sewer District is going to enforce that rule. Comment?
CK police get new truck, SWAT gear, automatic rifles
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant has arrived and the Cedar Key Police Department is using the $65,723 to prepare for the worst. Comment?