Business

A lifelong passion that was once a hobby is now a vocation for Michael Meister.
Gatory Armory, located at 31 N. Main St. in Williston is now open and Meister is eager to serve the community’s needs when it comes to firearms and related accessories.
Originally from the Chicago area, but reared in South Florida,  Meister spent two years searching for the perfect place to live–Morriston.

Rotary’s new District Governor Jeannie Quave has found new meaning in this year’s motto “Reach from within to embrace humanity” and plans to spend her term putting actions behind the words.
Quave, a native of Chicago who now lives in Panama Beach, was the guest of the Williston Rotary Club Tuesday and spoke of her own goals and plans to help achieve the motto of Rotary International President Kalvan Banerjee.

STAFF REPORT

The number of people without a job took a drop in Levy County in October to 12.5 percent, down from 13.1 percent in September – making it the second month in a row that unemployment dropped in Levy County. 

But it is 0.1 percent above the unemployment rate in October 2009 when it stood at 12.4 At that time the county had 16,652 people available for work and 2,059 were without jobs.

Last month, the county had 16,540 people in the workforce and 2,063 were not employed.

So the question is why?

Enterprise Florida, Inc., the state’s economic development agency, has asked Williston officials to be one of three sites that pitch their airport and industrial land as the perfect location for a new jet trainer assembly facility.