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Citizens for an Engaged Electorate will register voters in the lunchroom at Williston High School on Wednesday, May 23, during the lunch hour. Anyone possessing a photo ID should bring it along for the registration process, as the form must match the information on the ID.
Students without a photo ID may still register to vote. CEE volunteers will give information on how to register and obtain identification. Anyone 16 or 17 years old may pre-register to vote, but they may not vote until they turn 18 years old.

Unwavering in the face of what many scientists and environmentalists are saying is a water crisis, the Suwannee River Water Management District’s governing board handed out yet another million-gallon-per-day-plus water permit at its last meeting May 8.
The latest permit, approved 7-2 by the board, will allow Stagecoach Properties, owned by Beaver Property Investments LLC., to suck about 1.25 million gallons of water per day to irrigate 717 acres in Suwannee County, part of the Upper Suwannee River Basin, for the next 20 years.

Williston City Council reactivated its airport advisory committee last week, but put some conditions on it.
The committee was deactivated several weeks ago while council mulled over three appointments and weighed what direction it wanted for the airport.
Last week Elihu Ross and Charles Goodman, both new councilors, expressed an interested in filling two vacancies on the panel.
By charter, two councilors should sit on the airport committee and after the last election, those two seats were empty.

If you are planning to hold a big wedding at your home or hold a fishing tournament, you won't need a special events permit with clearances from the building, sheriff's office, and public safety and health departments among others.
But if you are planning a gathering that could draw the public, impact the neighbors, traffic, public safety, the environment or have outside effects, then you might need a special events permit under an ordinance being considered by the Levy County Commission.