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Today's News

  • Cedar Key Arts Center

    Summer Visual Arts Education
    July 16-27
    9-11:30 a.m.
    • Learn from the professionals: ceramics, drawing, sculpture, jewelry, alternative photography…
    • First grade  to high school students eligible
    • Small materials fee may apply (scholarships available)
    • Register prior to June 11th at the KeyHole in Cedar Key
    • Limited enrollment

    Art Therapy/Art Education Study
    July 2-31
    1-4 p.m.

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  • Community Calendar for the week of May 10

    Thursday

    Go Wild, go birding
    The Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge will be holding a free “Birds in Culture” at the Cedar Key Library on Thursday, May 10 at 10:30 a.m. in recognition of International Migratory Bird Day. May 12 is the day we celebrate our winged relatives on this earth. Enjoy the gifts they bring us through their beauty, their lilting songs, and the magnificence of their flight.

    Saturday

    Eagles to host
    lasagna dinner

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  • Cedar Key will get one bridge replacement

    Cedar Key has been to this place before and been disappointed. There are three bridges that many folks want repaired.
    In 2009 they thought they would be, but state officials said contracts for the replacement were issued in error.
    The state tried to make up for it by saying it would repair what ailed the two bridges leading to George Lewis Airport and on C Street leading to the Dock Street commercial area.

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  • Dennison wins re-election

    Incumbent City Commissioner Scott Dennison apparently has won re-election over challenger Margey VanLandingham in Tuesday's election.

    Official results showed Dennison received 199 votes to VanLandingham's 82.

    The count was delayed by a power outage and some confusion caused when the canvassing board counted 72 absentee envelopes and 73 absentee ballots. There should only be one ballot per envelope.

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  • Today in Levy History: Two moonshine stills destroyed in Levy County

    By Toni C. Collins
    Levy County Historian
    In December 1955, a local newspaper carried a news article about two moonshine stills in Levy County being destroyed by state and federal agents of the Beverage Department.
    One of the stills was located about two miles east of Inglis on County Road 40. It consisted of eight barrels, a 100-gallon pot and was capable of producing 16 five-gallon jugs a week. One International one-ton truck was confiscated.

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  • Man dies during fishing trip

    By RYAN T. BUTLER

    Staff Writer

    The body of a man who died while fishing southeast Snake Key was recovered today.

    Charles T. Fletcher, 79 or Gainesville, was fishing with a friend Friday morning when he stood, lost his balance and fell out of the boat. Fletcher, who was wearing a life vest at the time, was unconscious when his body was recovered.

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  • Trickling river doesn’t keep boat racers away

    John Edwards, clad in Spandex shorts and a torn T-shirt adorned with an airbrushed hog in a canoe, smiled as he paddled down the tea-colored waters of the Waccasassa River, effortlessly hefting his thin frame over the fallen log at the end of the race he’s competed in for 34 years.
    “It’s a fun race to do,” the St. Petersburg resident said after coming in first Saturday in the Experienced Class division of the 35th Annual Wild Hog Canoe & Kayak Race in Otter Creek.

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  • Fishin' Report: Weather is fine and fish are biting

    Hey everyone, sorry I was out last week, but we had big news to cover with the Florida Insider Fishing Report being in town. Rick and those guys do a great job and it was a honor having them.
    It’s also been a honor to have much more calm days as the last few weeks have been very nice. It’s been awhile since ya heard that description for our weather.

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  • Shark News for May 3

    Students rush to defeat end of course exams

    Sarah Bartholemy
    Shark Correspondent
    Today, Cedar Key High School biology students will be taking the Biology End of Course Exam. The students have been cramming for the past two weeks with the help of Mr. Powers, the science teacher at CKS.

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  • Where’s Bo? A happy/sad story that explains his whereabouts

    Story Submitted by Island Arts
    If you’ve visited Island Arts across from the Post Office on Second Street in the past two weeks you’ve probably asked “Where’s Bo?”  If you don’t know who Bo is, then let me tell you, you missed meeting the coolest shop cat in Cedar Key.  

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