John Hurayt, a visitor from New Port Richey to Apalachicola’s Chapman Botanical Gardens last weekend, was delighted to discover that one of the century plants is about to bloom, since the central stalk was rising as high as 25 feet or so, indicating that the yellow blossoms should appear within several weeks. Native to Texas and Mexico, the agave americana flowers just once in its 10 to 30 year life span, after which it dies. It will, however, produce adventitious shoots from the base, which will allow its growth.
COVID-19 vaccination rates lag in vast swaths of rural Florida compared to the rest of the state — a pattern that also has been seen in other areas of the country, a new report shows. Neither Franklin nor Gulf counties are immune. The report, released Friday by the state Department of Health, said 55 percent…
Given the manpower and equipment advantages possessed by the Russian Army and Air Force, Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kremlin cronies expected Ukraine’s defenses to swiftly collapse and
Theres still a boil water notice in effect in Apalachicola, with city officials it will be lifted by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection any day now.
More than six years after a North Miami woman was beaten to death in a Eastpoint motel, and discarded on the side of the road, the second of her two killers is about to learn her fate. Christina Araujo, 44, of Palm Beach, is asking that due to her cooperation with prosecutors, and to the…
It’s going to be two nights of some of the finest gospel music anywhere, on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 10 and 11 at First Baptist Church of Apalachicola. Pastor Jeff Strickland and the church are introducing the first, and to be annual, Gospel Music Showcase which they are calling the “Singing in the Sand” concert….
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.
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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.