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Tour of Homes centers on changing Hill neighborhood
The historic structures that comprise the sixth oldest church in Florida will have funds to ensure their maintenance and preservation thanks to another successful Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour…
Local News
Local DKG chapter recognized at state meeting
The Florida Delta Kappa Gamma Chapter Society of Key Women Educators held their annual convention in Lake Mary April 25-27 and the local chapter, Delta Kappa Chapter, received recognition in…
Quilters lend financial support to libraries
Hi Y’all, Memorial Day, May 26 is coming up. While we are getting ready for picnics, partying, and all the fun that goes with a holiday, let’s remember the servicemen…
Christian school speaks the language
Do you know the definitions of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections? Students in grades three through eight at Apalachicolal’s First Baptist Christian School do, and they…
Sports
Forgotten Coast girl tracksters wrap up season
After solid performances at the April 22 district meet in Wewahitchka, all three girls track and field teams from the Forgotten Coast – Wewahitchka, Port St. Joe and Franklin County,…
Franklin County hoop coach charged with battery
Franklin County boys basketball coach Ray Bailey, who amassed an 80-57 record over the last five seasons, including a trip to the Class 1A Final Four, has been suspended from…
Lady Seahawks fall in regional finals
The Lady Seahawks ended their season last week at 18-8, falling on May 13 in Bristol to the Liberty County Lady Bulldogs. The Lady Bulldogs held Franklin County to just…
State News
Jobless picture steady as labor force grows
The jobless rate along the Forgotten Coast was little changed in April, as the labor force expanded and now exceeds one year ago According to…
FWC to weigh resuming bear hunt
At a meeting set for May 21 in Ocala, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission was set to hear from what would likely be…
Building owners host rooftop-nesting shorebirds
While shorebirds and seabirds typically nest directly on beaches along our coasts, species including black skimmers, least terns, roseate terns and American oystercatchers increasingly use…
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Opinion
What is your opinion of second honeymoons?
“Maybe it’s time we got back to the basics of love…of tourism.” (Apologies to Waylon Jennings.) Technically, the phrase “second honeymoon” has not crossed my…
Promises made, promises kept, almost all
So far Trump has essentially closed the southern border, started deporting the worst of the illegal alien gang members, made our streets safer, and freed…
My mother’s ultimatum
I’m 63 and still single, but my mother has never given up hope that she will get me married. “What about that nice young lady…
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Community & Faith
I appreciate the solemnity of Memorial Day
In the mid-1990s, when my son, Joshua, announced that he had enlisted in the Army, I felt nervous yet proud of his decision to serve…
Are we modeling intolerance to our children?
When someone insults us, steals from us or lies to us, what would Jesus say… to us? Furthermore, how would Jesus want us to model…
Emergency management helps us prepare for hurricanes
Hi Y’all, I hope your Mother’s Day was filled with love, whether it was for you or from you. The snowbirds are leaving, and things…