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Today's News

  • Lighthouse to get facelift

       A check from the Florida Lighthouse Association was presented to the University of Florida Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory for repairs and maintenance of the historic Cedar Key Light Station on Seahorse Key on Dec. 9 in Gainesville. The check will be matched by the University of Florida, providing a total of $30,786 for the work. The lighthouse is used by the University of Florida for lodging in connection with its research and education programs at the Seahorse Key Marine Laboratory. 

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  • Light station opens for holiday season

    It took about half an hour for the small fiberglass tour boat to make it from the oyster-encrusted dock at Cedar Key to the small island known as Seahorse Key.
    About a dozen passengers, clad in windbreakers and lap blankets, sat quietly, bobbing in unison with the gray waves of low tide. An osprey, clutching a fish in its talons, watched the boat from the channel marker it was using as a perch.

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  • Services for CK soldier Saturday

    Funeral services for Spc. Ryan Lumley, 21, who died Dec. 3 in Mosul, Afghanistan,  will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at Heath Funeral Chapel in Lakeland with burial to follow at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell.
    He was one of three soldiers who died of injuries caused by the blast of an improvised explosive device.  All — Lumley, Sgt. First Class Clark A. Corley Jr., and Spc. Thomas J. Mayberry — were assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 5th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division.

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  • Donate blood on Friday

     

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  • Today in Levy County History for Dec. 8

     

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  • Tides for the week of Dec. 8

     Day        High      Tide  Height   Sunrise    Moon  Time      

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  • Capt’n Danny on leave

    Capt’n Danny Allen’s fishing report is on military leave as the Allen Family spends time with his daughter who is home recuperating from serving her country.

    The Cedar Key Beacon staff thanks her for her service and her family’s sacrifice.

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  • 15 bags of garbage collected

     The Cedar Key Lions Club recently conducted a highway trash pick-up along two miles of Rt 24 leading into Cedar Key. The club had a record 13 members and volunteers participate, collecting 15 bags of trash, construction debris and stray styrofoam coolers. Pictured from left are: Ralph Selby, Joan Selby, George Sresovich, Dale Register, Sarah Cardona, Judy Duvall, Paula Wescott, Teri Brennan, Lannie Cardona, Frank Molitor and Susan Hollandsworth.  Not pictured are Pete Petrie and Rory Brennan.

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  • Shark News for the week of Dec. 8

     Where are all the Shark fans at?

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  • Locals volunteer to keep Suwannee clean

     By TONI COLLINS

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