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Seiden trial postponed until at least July
More than five years after she was killed in an Eastpoint motel, Aileen Seiden is on the verge of having justice meted out to the two people charged in her death. One of them, Christina Marie Araujo, 43, of Palm Beach, decided earlier this month to plead guilty to a lesser charge of second-degree murder,…
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Proclamations kick-off National Volunteer Appreciation Week
With the start of National Volunteer Appreciation Week April 16 to 22, Franklin County is recognizing and celebrating the invaluable contributions of volunteers in the community. For the past 13 years, Franklin County has been dedicated to honoring Volunteer Week with proclamations submitted to various local and state governments by John Solomon, director of the…
City bids farewell to Lady Louise
She posed with supermodels and she auditioned for a role as a museum. But last week, time and the river and a hurricane proved too much for Lady Louise, as a salvage operation commenced to pull her derelict wreckage out of the Mill Pond water. A crew from ACT Divecom went to work on bringing…
Butterflies flutter to new FCS garden
On what was once a barrow pit, an expanse of ditches dug to supply fill dirt for roadways, has sat the Franklin County High School for more than a dozen years, a fairly plain-looking set of brick buildings on a treeless landscape. Now, however, there are bright flowers and butterflies gracing the space between the…
Sports
Mallon signs with John Melvin
The ace of the Seahawks’ pitching staff has decided to be a Miller.At a signing ceremony May 17 at the high school, Dane Mallon inked a deal to play for the John Melvin University Millers, a two-year-old university in Crowley, Louisiana that plays in the NAIA Christian program.“Thank you to everyone that’s been part of…
Lady Seahawks fall in regional finals
It was a hard-fought game from start to finish, and could have gone either way, if a runner had been a step slower or a ball had been a few inches further to the right or left in the infield. But in the end, the ball bounced the Liberty County Lady Bulldogs’ way on May…
Lady Seahawks blank Bucks, to face Liberty County for regional title Tuesday
Between Sarah Ham on the mound and the infield doing their job all night long, the Bozeman Lady Bucks didn’t have a real good chance of putting runs on the board Thursday night in Eastpoint. The sophomore hurler allowed just a double and two singles, striking out nine and walking one and not allowing any…
State News
Campground owners could get legal shield
By Jim Saunders News Service of Florida TALLAHASSEE — With the proposal pointing to “inherent risk,” a Florida House panel…
Ash, Wade join in push for ACSC monies
Armed with the services of a prestigious lobbying firm, and the support of both of its legislators in Tallahassee, Apalachicola…
Frustrated oystermen confront FWC researchers
A little more than two years since the state ordered a five-year closure of Apalachicola Bay to wild-caught oyster harvesting,…
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Opinion
How I missed the execution
The jury is still out on whether divine intervention somehow draped an invisible bandanna across my face so that I…
As crime rages in NYC, Manhattan DA pursues paperwork case against Trump
By Ron Hart | Guest Columnist In a sad day for our country, Donald Trump was forced to come to…
How much does it mean to you?
R.A. Tea Mathews | Guest Columnist All the Black men I know call one another “brothers.” In the early church,…
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Community & Faith
Trinity selects Pecot as spiritual leader
Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola will be getting a longtime forestry expert as its new rector. In an announcement last…
Kids flock to egg hunt
It featured more than 3,500 plastic eggs, with goodies inside, and 500 real eggs, and the children made sure they…
Hope Park prepares for summer camp
At a fun-filled Palm Sunday spring festival, Hope Park in Eastpoint treated kids and parents alike to a taste of…