Today's News

For the next two weeks, the contractor will be installing
water mains and lines using a method referred to as directional
drilling. This method is used where open trench construction
would be damaging to driveways, infrastructure,
heritage trees, etc. Directional drilling requires only two
small trenches - one at each end of the section that is being
drilled.
The depth of the directional drilling is controlled by the
drilling operator, allowing the new line to be installed with

The proposed Tri-County Hospital for Chiefland has won almost $52 million of the $70 million in economic stimulus bond money it requested from the state's pool of federal Economic Recovery Zone Bonds approved by Congress in 2009.

The Levy County Board of Commissioners was notified Thursday by the state Division of Bond Finance that it will receive $51.935 million of the bond money. And as more money comes into the bond pool — returned by municiaplities and county governments that cannot or are unable to use the money — more will flow to the hospital.

As we all know, transitions are never easy and that holds
true for Cedar Key’s efforts towards a more sustainable
future. But let’s look at some numbers that might give us
some encouragement:
Now that we know that our community efforts have nearly
doubled our recycling, let’s look at how we got there,
problems that ensued and solutions that help us address these
problems.
EDUCATION
Community informational meetings were held the last

Police Chief Virgil Sandlin said in the past week his
department has received several calls regarding raccoons
that were displaying odd symptoms and ultimately had to be
dispatched.
Four raccoons were seen in the daylight acting oddly in
the general area of Hodges and Merrell Avenues.
Because they are nocturnal animals indicated a problem,
but in addition they also displayed balance problems —
walking, falling over, trying to walk again, falling again and
generally acting groggy and disoriented.