Porch Fest promotes childhood literacy
Members of the Porch Fest Apalach committee, from left, Heidi Nippe, Mick Barlament, Bonnie Kellogg, Cameron Baxley, and Marti Hoffman present Bring Me A Book Forgotten Coast’s Karen Kessel, second from right, with a check for $14,691 to support children’s literacy in Franklin and Gulf counties. (Not pictured is Liz Perkins). This money was raised by Porch Fest Apalach 2024 through the generosity of donors, sponsors, and music fans. A big thanks to musicians, porch owners, volunteers, food vendors, the City of Apalachicola, the Apalachicola Police Department, and the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office for helping to make this year’s event a success. See you next year on Oct. 1.
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.