On July 18 Apalachicola storyteller and dramatic performer Jerry Hurley appeared at Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library to regale the crowd with “Legends and Lore” as he told spooky tales, set everywhere from the Appalachians to Apalachicola, tales just spooky enough to enchant. Kids were invited to bring a pillow to curl up on, with “campfire snacks” available after the stories. Visitors are also welcome to check out books before and after the event.
For the first time in 15 years, the Apalachicola city commission plans to revise its sign ordinance, following an extended review of the issue by members of the planning and zoning board. At a joint workshop June 22 between city commissioners and P & Z, the city set in motion a process that could lead…
A second person has been placed on life support following a catastrophic collision early Saturday afternoon between two charter boats in Scipio Creek. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission on Saturday afternoon confirmed that one man died within hours of the collision, which took place just about noon on a flat between Scipio Creek…
With the resignation of Apalachicola’s chief building official moving on to another job, the city’s building department is an ideal position to make changes to how it handles the entire building approval process. For some, they will be much overdue. Tammy Owens stepped down as building inspector July 14, believed to be for another job…
Winston Churchill famously said, “Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.” Trump was trouncing Biden, then when he survived their assassination attempt with the exhilarating fist pump. He was set to win big. He got shot in the head on Saturday and made his golf tee time the next…
A 59-year-old Carrabelle man, who once worked as a correctional officer at Franklin Correctional Institution, has been sentenced to seven years in federal prison for receiving material constituting child pornography. A Monday announcement from Jason R. Coody, United States attorney for the Northern District of Florida, said that on March 23, Chief Judge Mark Walker…
The Gallery at Rio Carrabelle is presenting a colorful and exciting art exhibition through Saturday, Aug. 13, featuring artist Josefa Benavides and her husband, artist Joe Kotzman, in the unique
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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.