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CRYSTAL RIVER — It was a mutually acceptable exercise with a singular goal — rid King’s Bay of filamentous algae called lyngbya.

Crystal River High School students Brandon Terry, 17, Brennon Butcher, 16, Stacey Coester, 16, and Sylvia Lockard, 18, were among 72 schoolmates who descended on Hunters Spring Park to rake and pile the lyngbya for a couple of hours late Tuesday morning.

CRYSTAL RIVER — The bidding process for re-doing North Citrus Avenue is set after the Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) gave the OK to a slightly revised plan.

City Public Works Director Dave Burnell presented a tweaked version of the plan to the City Council — which doubles as the CRA board — that is intended to achieve uniformity in street architecture between North and South Citrus Avenue and provide a face-lift for the north side.