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  • New tour will offer spirited adventure

        Debbie Dye has been collecting Cedar Key ghost stories for four years. She was inspired to do the tours by a haint mistress and retired history teacher in Virginia. According to  UrbanDictionary.com, “haint” is a Southern colloquialism for a ghost, apparition or lost soul. 

  • ‘No’ is best way to kill off a business

    Customer service is so important to each and every business. If the service is great, your customers will keep coming back. If it is poor, they simply will not.

    One important thing to remember is that the quality of the customer service you provide is not judged by you or your company. It is entirely about the customer’s perception. You must do everything in your power to ensure that the service rendered matches up with what the customer desires.

  • Something sweet on Dock Street

    If you are hungry for a sweet pick me up, a light lunch or just a cup of coffee, stop by the  newest place on Dock Street — CKs Fine Foods at 490 Dock Street.

  • Kayak Cedar Keys entering its 8th year in business

    Tom Leibert and his wife, Sherry, began their kayak rental business eight years ago and business continues to look up.

  • Good news for Florida Tourism

    Preliminary estimates of visitors to Florida, from April to June, released by VISIT FLORIDA®, show an increase of 6.9 percent from the same period in 2010. In addition, 5.6 million pleasure trips were taken by Florida residents in-state during the second quarter.

  • Dig out Granny’s heirloom recipes and start making money - Cottage food laws take effect

    Many innovative people are seeking new ways to make additional money for their families in this struggling economy.  One option, to generate some extra cash, is to cook that highly prized, old family recipe at home and sell it to the public.   

  • Pricing your products for profit

    One of the most difficult tasks an entrepreneur has is pricing their products. Pricing is one of those things that requires experience and experimentation. Set prices too high, and revenues fall. Set them too low, and though revenues increase, profits plummet.

  • Cedar Key Canvas makes the cut

        A lot of good things have been happening at Julie Gore and Sharon Ingram’s shop, Cedar Key Canvas lately – some good and some even better.
        Unbeknownst to Julie, a customer (her mother) nominated the shop for a made in America contest sponsored by ABC’s World News with Dianne Sawyer. Her mother did eventually mention it but the women both forgot about the nomination. That is, until the day a producer from the show called and left a message that they had made the cut.

  • Gulf Cart Co. offers carefree rentals

    Notice some sleek looking golf carts driving around with solar panels on their roofs? Well, you certainly won’t see one on the side of the road with a dead battery. That’s because the Gulf Kart Company, located across the street from City Park, is now sporting state of the art trickle chargers powered by the panels.
    Owner George Oakley has been in the business for about 16 months and every time a customer would leave with a cart, he would worry that their battery might die and, that did happen once or twice. But, no more.

  • Hardware store winner

    Roland Senecal of Cedar Key no longer has a reason to leave his tools sitting around the garage or house thanks to a Father’s Day giveaway by Chiefland Ace Hardware. Eric Brinkman, store manager, presents Senecal with the prize — a Craftsman tool chest.

     

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