At a small dinner party Dec. 28 at the Red Pirate Family Grill & Oyster Bar in Eastpoint, the family of Apalachicola’s Buddy Wayne Butler celebrated his 80th birthday.
Atop the cake was emblazoned a photo of Buddy Wayne and his late wife Carolyn, working together in Apalachicola Bay on the oyster boat that they shared.
Afterwards, the kids and the grandkids enjoyed miniature golf.
All botanical signs indicate Spring 2021 will begin in a few weeks. Plants are budding all over Franklin and Gulf County, with a notable exception. Many redbay trees remain in what appears to be …
This Saturday, Sept. 7 from 10 a.m. to 1 pm ET, the Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library will open for a special “$5 Fill-A-Bag Book Sale,” sponsored by the Friends of the Library in Apalachicola, with all proceeds benefiting the library. Visitors buy a $5 bag, and then fill it full by browsing for like-new…
Franklin County Commissioner Ricky Jones easily won his bid for-re-election in District 1 Tuesday, defeating challenger Russell Turner. Jones, 53, of 258 Sago Drive in Eastpoint, tallied 492 voters, or about 63 percent, to Turner, 68, who resides at 419 US Highway 98 in Eastpoint. who received 292 votes, of about 37 percent, in the…
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…
Hi Y’all, I hope that everybody had a happy and safe Fourth of July! The Carrabelle fireworks were wonderful! Thank you to all who were involved in making it happen. I heard a lot about how our fur babies are disturbed with the fireworks. There are a lot that aren’t afraid. Fireworks are a way…
Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County announces that there is a second batch of our signature "HOPE” candle. The first batch sold out quickly and you will want to get these …
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Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.