Today's News

BRONSON – George Sandora of Otter Creek served as an agent for Greg Lukehart of 12155 S.W. 165TH Terrace, Cedar Key, when Lukehart petitioned the Levy County Value Adjustment Board (VAB) for a reduced value of taxable property.

The VAB– county commissioners Danny Stevens, Lilly Rooks and Tony Parker, and School Board members Beth Davis and Rick Turner – unanimously upheld the assessment made by Levy County Property Appraiser Francis Akins.

Their agreement to uphold Akins' assessments came even after Sandora gave an impassioned speech.

This Thanksgiving, 100 families from the tri-county area will share the bounty of the holiday thanks to the generosity of people from their community.

Terrie Towers, coordinator for Feeding Local Families, has helped initiate a program that seeks out, finds and feeds families who might otherwise not have a Thanksgiving meal.

Often it is because they may fall through the cracks. For example, grandparents who are caring for their grandchildren may have incomes that are a few dollars over what would make them eligible for food stamps.

Williston City Council member Debra F. Jones said Nov. 6 that the city may stop having garbage service as a result of an increase in fees by Levy County.

The County Commission approved the increase 4-1, with Commissioner Nancy Bell casting the dissenting vote. This is the first time in 18 years that dumping fees increased at the landfill. The new rates take effect Nov. 30.

BRONSON -- Despite impassioned pleas from neighbors to a pine-shaving mill in the Williston area, the Levy County Planning Commission voted 4-0 on Nov. 5 in favor of recommending the County Commission grant another special exception to let it operate 24-hours-day, seven-days-a-week.

The County Commission granted a special exception in January to allow the lumber mill to operate 12-hours-a-day, six-days-a-week.