Eastpoint, Apalachicola, St. George Island and Carrabelle each marked the Fourth in style
The Ashley Morgan band was a hit at the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Carol Cox, at right, rides in the July 5 Carrabelle golf cart parade with Emily Williams, who is in the Army reserves in Fayetteville, Georgia, and nephew Daniel Williams. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Whitney Martina has a big smile at the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint, as she sits with her mother-in-law Lynn Martina, and niece Madison Martina. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Selling baked goods at the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint for the United Baptist Church youth group are, from left: Franklin County senior Josie Smith, freshman Maddie Lolley and junior Mylie Smith. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Carman Burke, 5, was able to watch the July 3 fireworks in Apalachicola with the help of her father Jeremy Burke. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Lilith Marshall, 15 months, attended the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint with her mom Autumn Taylor, of Eastpoint. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Patriotic stick-on tattoos were the rage at the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Johanna Ray, right, and Jackie Tharpe, helped Deliverance Tabernacle give out free goodies at the July 1 Freedom Festival in Eastpoint. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
It was a case that began two years ago, in Sept. 2019, when Ashley Grieg and her Bacon Me Crazy food truck went to court to allege that the city had wronged her as to how it processed her application to be permitted to operate. It ended up being settled in February by the citys…
The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve in Eastpoint will host a Turtle Talk this Tuesday, Aug. 27 from 2 to 3 p.m, ET as part of its weekly series. Talks are free, no registration required, but seating is limited. Also, learn more about sea turtle nesting by stopping by the Visitor’s Center at the St….
Voters in Franklin County appear likely to have the opportunity to decide, at the Nov. 8 ballot, whether to levy a half-cent sales tax that would raise capital outlay monies for the school district
It’s not a done deal yet, but with the county commission’s go-ahead last week to get appraisals on acreage next to the Tourist Development Office on US 98, the next step could be to relocate the supervisor of elections office there. By a unanimous vote Feb. 7, the county commissioner approved a motion by Commissioner…
The Franklin County Public Library’s Summer Reading Program continues its series of fun events with the highly anticipated Animal Tales Zoofari Earth on Friday, June 28. The program features animal ambassadors from around the globe with six different exotic animals from six different continents. Children and adults alike have the opportunity to get up close…
For the first time in Franklin County High Schools history, the school is taking part in the Navy Junior ROTC program. Still a fledgling group, the 15 or so members, largely underclassmen, are part of detachment Eastpoint, a satellite of the existing unit at Wakulla County High School. Superintendent Steve Lanier, himself a retired Navy…
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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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.