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  • NEW BUSINESS IN CEDAR KEY

    Beth Davis may be retiring from the Levy County School Board in November to make way for “new blood” but she is not slowing down.

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  • Faraway Inn honored by TripAdvisor

     

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  • Chamber announces President’s Awards

     In addition to announcing new members to its board, the Cedar Key Chamber of Commerce honored members of the community with its prestigious President’s Awards.

    Members of the chamber voted in new leadership last week at the Chamber’s annual meeting. Those members included: Bruce Wilson, president; Peter Stefani, vice president; Jon Manning, secretary/treasurer; George Oakley, director; Ken Bryant, director; Bill Heckler, director; Captain Doug Maple, director; and Andrea Dennison, past president.

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  • New karate school to offer scholarships

    Many martial arts businesses are run by instructors who learned from American instructors who never studied outside of their state, let alone traveled across the globe to train with karate masters in Asia. Chiefland’s new True Path Karate Rendokan will be the first in our area taught by a life-long student of Okinawas’s Grand Master (10th degree) Eizo Shimabuku.  

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  • Unemployment in Levy County drops below 8%

    March brought good news on the job front as the unemployment rate for Levy County dropped to a level not seen since July 2008 — 7.6 percent, according to a press release from Workforce Connection, the county's labor agency. 

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  • Faraway Inn treats area children to Easter

    The Faraway Inn's owners, Doreen and Oliver Bauer, greeted 60-70 children and their parents on Easter for a free egg hunt on the grounds.

    The Awesome Wonderful Easter Egg Hunt at Faraway Inn entertained the children with face painting, glittering and tattooing, along with lunch.

    Face Art was by by Lois Traverso-Hewel of Dizzy Izzy's Face and Body Painting.

    The Easter Bunny also made an appearance and did photos with the children. Helping out in the celebration were members from the Pirates in Paradise. 

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  • Loans available to businesses damaged by Debby

    In an effort to expedite the recovery process for businesses damaged by Tropical Storm Debby, Gov. Rick Scott activated Florida’s Small Business Emergency Bridge Loan Program. The program will provide emergency, short-term, interest-free loans to small businesses in 36 eligible counties to assist in reestablishing business during the interim period before other aid and insurance claims are processed.

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  • Pirate shop brings bit of spice to Cedar Key

    By Patty Roesch
    Correspondent
    Tunes from Bob Marley’s “I wanna jamming with you” drift along the breeze and through the door of Pirate Isle, the new spice and sauce store on Cedar Key.
    “We jammin’…”
    Inspired by the Jamaican heritage of her family, Carol A. Merritt would visit Jamaica with her mother in the ‘8’s and fell in love with the culture. Soon after, she began making Caribbean jerk seasonings only to expand from there.

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  • Tony’s Chowder a hit at Yankeetown festival

     By Cathy Kapulka

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  • Island Girl Cakes makes business of Southern sweets

    Jan Allen and Island Girl Cakes of Cedar Key, is open for business, but it’s not really a new business. She has been satisfying the sweet teeth on the island for years.

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