Lake City Marina

Mayor: Join us as we discuss Ohuta Park

Apr 18, 2018

Next week the City Council and staff will be holding a workshop and special meeting to discuss potential development plans for the city-owned land at the Ohuta Park waterfront area. The meeting will be held at city hall on Tuesday, April 24 at 5 PM and it will be televised on cable TV and on our...

Workshop scheduled on Ohuta-marina beach area

Apr 11, 2018

The Lake City City Council will meet April 24 at 5 p.m. to try to answer three questions posed by the Lake City Planning Commission about the marina area between Ohuta Park and the inner harbor. The planning commission met with the Marina Board on April 3 to look over plans to replace the marina...

Letter: I write because I care

Jan 31, 2018

To the editor: I was asked why at my advanced age I care enough to continue writing letters to the editor. The answer is simple: because somebody once cared. They cared enough to provide Red Cross swimming lessons, even for the skinny kid from the north end of town, each year from age age to the...

Letter: Beach rejuvenation possible, if we get off our duffs

Jan 24, 2018

To the editor: The light at the end of a cold winter is the anticipation of warm sunny days at our beautiful beach. Unfortunately control of the beach is in the hands of people who obviously view it as a nuisance, an afterthought, when it should be one of Lake City’s premier attractions. Travel...

Council orders year-round beach house replacement

Jan 17, 2018

The Lake City City Council appears to have settled a long-simmering debate Jan. 8 when it voted to replace the existing beach house at the Lake City Marina with one that can be used year-round. The vote came as the council considered a request from the marina board to commission a design for a...

Letter: Marina article raises questions

Nov 29, 2017

To the editor: After reading the article about the marina (“Marina board explains its process,” Nov. 16) I have questions. Why is the marina in charge of the point, tennis courts, and bathhouse? According to the dictionary a marina pertains to boating and boats. None of the above have anything to...

Marina board explains is process as council looks at waterfront development

Nov 16, 2017

Ed Towey said the Lake City Marina Board regards Lake City’s 5,000 citizens as the municipal marina’s shareholders. “Those shareholders are currently getting a return of $620,000 per year,” on the marina, said Towey, a member of the Marina Board. Towey’s comments came during a joint workshop...

Perry Heitman marks a half century with city

Oct 11, 2017

Perry Heitman (left) started working for the City of Lake City as a police reserve officer who also provided summertime security for the marina. When the marina took charge of its own security, Heitman moved there. At the City Council meeting Oct. 9, Mayor Mark Nichols (right) presented Heitman...

Maxa makes appearance

Oct 11, 2017

Television and radio travel host Rudy Maxa made a public appearance attended by about 140 on Friday, Oct. 6, at the Lake City Sportsman’s Club. Quizzed by friend Mike Shapiro and the audience, Maxa shared stories about falling off a camel, celebrity fans and the economics of public broadcasting. In...

Letter: City should overrule marina on bathhouse

Oct 5, 2017

To the editor: For the past two summers it’s been nice to see people having fun at the beach flying with Eagle Hang Gliding. As usual Lake City thumbs it’s nose at another business. A proposal was made for the hang gliders to lease the beach house to promote water sports but the marina said no....