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Today's News

  • New dog project for Tri-County 4-H and FFA

     Young people ages 5-18 living in Gilchrist, Levy, and Dixie Counties are invited to participate in a new dog project and show at the Suwannee River Youth Fair.  This year, the project will focus primarily on dog obedience.  Families with interested youth are invited to attend the kick-off seminar on Monday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., at the Suwannee River Youth Fair arena in Fanning Springs.  Only youth and family members should come to this meeting.  Please leave your dogs at home.

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  • New dog project for Tri-County 4-H and FFA

    Young people ages 5-18 living in Gilchrist, Levy, and Dixie Counties are invited to participate in a new dog project and show at the Suwannee River Youth Fair.  This year, the project will focus primarily on dog obedience.  Families with interested youth are invited to attend the kick-off seminar on Monday, Oct. 28, at 6:30 p.m., at the Suwannee River Youth Fair arena in Fanning Springs.  Only youth and family members should come to this meeting.  Please leave your dogs at home.

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  • Community Calendar for the week of October 17

    Month of October

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  • Oyster leases OK’d by Cabinet

    TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Cabinet today voted unanimously on Oct. 11 to approve additional aquaculture leases in several parts of the state, including two in Levy County.

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  • Hands-on biology at CK

    By Lisa Statham Posteraro

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  • Welcome Seafood Festival visitors

    Cedar Key’s City Park is the place you want to be if you are looking for the best local seafood. This young man and many other youth and volunteers will be cooking, taking orders and serving up everything from clams to mullet to oysters. 

    And you can walk off that food and work up an appetite for another meal by perusing the arts and crafts on Second Street. 

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  • Luke Corbitt fishing tournament

    The 2nd annual Luke Corbitt memorial fishing tournament benefiting  the Children's Table will be held on Saturday, Oct. 12, at Waccasassa boat ramp.

    There's a $25 registration fee. Registration starts at 6 a.m. at the boat ramp.

    There will be cash prizes for biggest red, biggest trout, biggest combo and most unique fish caught. There will also be free barbeque and door prizes.

    For advanced registration, call 352-278-3379.  

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  • Rule change proposed for wild turkeys

    For the 2014-2015 hunting season, the FWC is proposing greater flexibility for harvesting wild turkeys on private lands by removing the daily bag limit of one. 

    The season bag limit of two turkeys would remain in effect. To review and comment on the full proposal, visit the Proposed Rule Changes website at: www.myfwc.com/about/rules-regulations/changes/hunting/.

    Comments will be received until 5 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7.

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  • County won’t be joining water authority

    Richard Owen, executive director of the Withlacoochee Regional Water Supply Authority, made a presentation asking the commissioners to consider rejoining the body. Levy County was a member of the authority, but dropped out in 1982. 

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  • FWC cites 5 for oyster harvesting

    Five men have been cited for harvesting oysters at a South Levy County location following a plainclothes operation conducted by Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission officers. 

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