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.
It will cost considerably more than 50 cents a night, and it won’t come complete with “genuine liquors of the choicest quality” or “delicacies of the market served up in the best style.” But the three newly-opened short-term rentals at the corner of Fourth Street and Avenue C in Apalachicola, known as the Apalachicola Exchange,…
Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola will be getting a longtime forestry expert as its new rector. In an announcement last weekend, Rennie Edwards, a senior warden at the church, wrote that the vestry at the church had unanimously accepted the recommendation of its search committee to call The Rev. Stephen D. Pecot as the next…
Ever since June 21 this summer, the days have been getting gradually shorter. In less than a week, on Tuesday, Sept. 21 the autumnal equinox will occur and the days will be shorter than the nights. This forthcoming change is known not only to the human residents of Franklin and Gulf counties. While not exactly…
The Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum in Carrabelle has opened a special exhibit honoring Native American servicemen, to be on display until Saturday, Nov. 30 in keeping with National Native American Heritage Month. According to the National Museum of the American Indian, during World War I and II, hundreds of American Indians joined…
With the loss of a prized member of the backfield lost to graduation, Wewahitchka Gators football coach Adam Edwards is staking a lot on the upcoming season to five seasoned seniors. With the loss of versatile offensive threat Zay McDaniel, who amassed 1,200 yards as a running back and quarterback working out of a single…
Two pedestrians from Tallahassee were struck and killed Saturday night while crossing U.S. 98 near Lanark Village. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, a 43-year-old man and a 40-year-old woman were walking north across the highway at the intersection near Arizona Street at about 10:10 p.m. when they were hit by a…
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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.