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 ]
For a team that’s only won two games since 2020, it’s not surprising that the Franklin County Seahawks would be involved in a blowout on the football field. What was surprising Friday night, is that they were on the winning side of the scoreboard, as they traveled to Bronson in Levy County and handed the…
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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.