An eel in the ace parking lot of Apalachicola’s Ace Hardware. [ Cecilia Carter | Contributed ]
Helpers work on Thursday morning to prepare Rose’s Botanicals in downtown Apalachicola for the storm. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Trinity Episcopal Church’s Rev. Stephen Pecot appears on the Weather Channel, as seen from a TV in an evacuee’s hotel room in Dothan, Alabama. [ Elizabeth Perkins | Contributed ]
The Eastpoint shoreline, just before the storm. [ Angela Parks | Contributed ]
A look at flooding on St. George Island. [ Teresa Bartlett | Contributed ]
A washed-up fish under a house on St. George Island. [ Martha Cox | Contributed ]
A boardwalk on the bay side in The Plantation on St. George Island. [ Myles Cadwallader | Contributed ]
Damage to Cape San Blas Road, not far from the Stumphole. [ GCSO | Contributed ]
Flooding on Cape San Blas [ Christina and Callie Clayton | Contributed ]
Gulf County residents fill sandbags on Knowles Avenue in advance of the pending storm. [ Mary Akin | The Star ]
Storm clouds loom Wednesday before the hurricane. [ Mary Akin | The Star ]
The CVS in Port St. Joe is all boarded up on Wednesday. [ Mary Akin | The Star ]
For the most part, Hurricane Helene’s winds spared the Forgotten Coast, but her rains were not so forgiving.
People heeded the warnings, and boarded up their homes and buildings, and mainly got the heck out of Dodge.
But the aftermath was a lot of soggy ground, and flooded first floors.
In early May, the Apalachicola Bay System Initiative completed its second round of oyster reef restoration experiments. With the help of almost 20 local oystermen and women, they were able to effectively deploy 416 cubic yards of limerock, 416 cubic yards of concrete, and 96 cubic yards of shell into the Cat Point area of…
With healthy growth in the countywide tax base, and in the taxable value of homes, local property owners will see their school tax millage drop significantly, even as the district receives more money
Joblessness in Gulf County rose in March, and fell in Franklin, as both Forgotten Coast counties hovered around the 3.2 percent mark. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Gulf County unemployment rose by three-tenths of 1 percentage point last month, from 2.9 to 3.2 percent. Franklin County joblessness…
Its been two years since Franklin Countys elementary school kids played football competitively, with a cheer crew on the sidelines urging them on. Thats all going to come to an end this Saturday, as Franklin County Youth Football and Cheer takes the field in Carrabelle to take on Port St. Joe at the season-opening Jamboree….
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released the names of the two men involved in a single vessel boating accident on the Apalachicola River Saturday afternoon. The FWC said the vessel, with two adult males on board, collided with a tree leaning over the river, sometime before 4 p.m. Gary R. Tibbetts, 64,…
In three separate ceremonies over two days, the county paid tribute to its veterans. The first Veterans Day program was at the First Baptist Christian School on Friday morning, in the church sanctuary where the students there presented a traditional program of songs and readings, blending historical passages like the Gettysburg Address, the preamble to…
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.