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.
The Weems Memorial Hospital board of directors last week voted unanimously to recommend against assisting Gulf County with a subsidy to bring in a kidney dialysis center to the medical office building adjacent to Ascension Sacred Heart Hospital Gulf. Instead, the motion by board member Kristen Anderson, and seconded by Myrtis Wynn, called for the…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is applauding Governor Ron DeSantis for his commitment to supporting and bolstering the mission of safeguarding Florida’s natural resources in the 2024-25 Focus on Florida’s Future Budget. Budget highlights include: “Under Governor DeSantis’ bold leadership, Florida remains one of the nation’s premier destinations for top-tier fishing and unique…
Standing there before God and man, I grasped my soon-to-be-husband’s hands tightly. “I need to confess something, Bert. I haven’t quite mastered 1 Corinthians 13:5 yet. So, maybe I’d be more honest if I said my vows this way: ‘I, Sheryl, take you, Bert, to be my husband if you don’t insult me, hurt my…
As far as business goes this summer, the Blue Parrot Ocean Front Café, and all the rest of the restaurants and vacation rentals on St. George Island, have the wind at the backs. But when it comes to throwing mullet on the beach outside the back door, everyone had the wind in their faces Saturday….
Apalachicola’s Will Luberto now holds the title of “Fittest of the Forgotten Coast” which he claimed during the Forgotten Coast Fitness Center’s open house and competition Jan. 20. Even without winning any single event, Luberto had the most consistent performance across the four events and came out the winner in points, ahead of Darius Johnson…
It’s a Florida county with a rich military tradition, dating back to the men who served in both the Union and Confederate armies buried in its cemeteries. From the heroes of World War I and II, to those trained in the 1940s at Camp Gordon Johnston for landings in the Pacific, to the groundbreaking U-2…
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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.