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Today's Features

  • Local author makes New York Times bestseller list

    This past Saturday at Kona Joe’s Island
    Cafe hosted a book signing for author Terri
    DuLong.
    Her latest book, "Casting About " is the
    second in the Cedar Key series. The first,
    "Spinning Forward," came out last year.
    Additionally, DuLong has a story, "A Cedar
    Key Christmas," that has been included in
    the Christmas Novella "Holiday Magic."
    The collection of four short stories by
    four different authors, has made the New
    York Times best seller list for three weeks
    and was at No. 12 last week. This is the first
    time that a Cedar Key author has made the
    prestigious list.

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  • As the weather cools down, Florida’s oyster season heats up

     Now is the perfect time to enjoy Florida's famous oysters. Florida oysters are available year round, but harvest really gears up in fall as water temperatures begin to drop. The cool months are when oysters taste the best.

    Florida's oyster industry is based on the Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica), which is found from the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico to the St. Lawrence River in Canada.

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  • Garden of the Month for November

    The Cedar Key Garden Club Garden of
    the Month for November belongs to Bill and
    Alyce Phillips of the Cedar Key Bed &
    Breakfast. Their gardens include water features,
    as well as one of the island's grandest
    live oaks. Their staghorn fern also rivals the
    best. Please join us in congratulating them
    for such a picture-perfect garden.

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  • Quiet passion, consistent talent: Local artist Valerie Bretl

    Literally under our noses in Cedar Key, for the past six years,
    mosaic artist Valerie Bretl has been going about her work - meticulously
    creating fine art that will endure forever.
    Working for eight to 10 hours a day on her
    screened porch, she even received inspiration for
    her current piece from one of the massive oak
    trees in her yard. The dappled light, gravel
    paths and beautiful landscaping are a
    soothing backdrop to her work table covered
    in marble pieces and tiles. Heavy

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  • Party beneath the stars

    The light pouring in from the dome’s rectangular opening made silhouettes out of John Novak and the large telescope he built some years back.
    “It gathers a huge amount of photons at an accelerated speed,” he explained, staring at his complex assemblage of mirrors, wires and metal parts painted gold and red. “It’s similar to the imager used on the Hubble (Space Telescope).”

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  • Dazzling fish have their own pageant

    Flashing their incredible colors and swishing their flowing tails, approximately 68 koi, 47 goldfish and their 7 owners
    dazzled roughly 300 visitors recently at the 10th Annual Koi and Goldfish Show, hosted by the Nature’s Coast Koi Club.
    The event was held Oct. 9-10 at the home of Johnny and Martha Foster of Old Town. 

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  • Winners of the 41st Cedar Key Lions Club Seafood Festival Parade

    Pam Oakley, Parade Marshall & Eileen Senecal Co-Parade Marshal
    Jim Wilcox, judge the Floats and Decorated Boats,
    1st Place Crab Crew… They won $50.00 and have donated the money
    to Cedar Key cheerleaders
    2nd Place Cedar Key cheerleaders
    3rd Place Coconuts
    Cindy Leiner, judge Vehicles and Undecorated Boats,
    1st Place Nancy Bell’s Tricycle… They won $50.00 and have donated to
    the recyclables
    2nd Place WWII Vets
    3rd Place David Feign
    Peggy and Bill Delanie, judges Groups

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  • Essential telephone numbers

    • Cedar Key City Hall 352-543-5132

    • Cedar Key Public Library 352-543-5777
    Hours: Mon., Wed, Thur., 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Tues., 4-8 p.m. Sat. 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

    • Cedar Key Water & Sewerage District 352-543-5285
      Hours: Mon-Fri 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 

      • Cedar Key Area Chamber of Commerce 352-543-5600

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  • Historical Society looks to save Helen Denham

     By Toni C. Collins

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  • Cedar Key Seafood Festival reels in the crowds

    Although there was no official count,
    the cars that lined the streets up to
    Whiddon Avenue, the pedestrians carrying
    their purchases and the half dozen tour
    buses parked at the school were a testament
    to the crowd of thousands that
    swarmed Cedar Key this past weekend.
    Saturday’s parade included everything
    from pirate wenches and a marching
    band to politicians and pageant queens.
    The vehicles were as diverse — from fire
    trucks and clam boats to horse trailers and

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