Suwannee News

TOTAL Alachua - 129 - $648 - $83,579 Columbia - 23 - $2,038 - $46,872 Union - 11 - $379 - $4,172 Bradford - 6 - NA - NA Clay - 42 - $1,246 - $52,349 Putnam - 34 - $717 - $24,363 Marion - 128 - $2,630 - $336,641 Levy - 14 - $452 - $6,328 Gilchrist - 4 Dixie - 4 Lafayette - 1 Suwannee - 11 - $2,978 - $29,784 Average and sum reported only for counties ...

The first Monday of each month there is a nature walk at 9 a.m. on the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge.

The Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge Shell Mound Unit fishing pier, both foot trails and the road will be closed beginning Monday, Sept.

The Levy County Commission is sending a letter to the St. John's Water Management District expressing the board's concern about what it feels is excessive water use in the populous area around Jacksonville.

Wayne and Delores Barr Weaver realized that in December 2007, when they helped establish the Senior to Senior Fund.

Twenty-six Suwannee and Santa Fe River Basin farmers and ranchers will be recognized for their superior natural resource stewardship during the 9th Annual CARES dinner that will be held at the Dwight Stansel farm in Suwannee County on June 25.

Four Dixie County men stand accused of burglarizing 100 or more homes in Suwannee, Columbia, Lafayette, Taylor, Dixie, Gilchrist, Levy, Madison and possibly Hamilton counties, according to Lafayette County Sheriff Brian Lamb.

Double Sink 4-H gets around! Leaders Melissa Mills, Trish Depew, and Mary Carr want to expose 4-H kids to a wide variety of what Florida has to offer.

All five Levy County Public Library branches will have free family fun this summer.

One of my favorite getaways in the state hangs on to the tip of an island that's about halfway between Tampa and Tallahassee -- Cedar Key.

Published: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, May 16, 2009 at 1:24 a.m. Upgrade is the word for the Lower Suwannee National Wildlife Refuge and Castillo de San Marcos National Park.