At Saturday’s Holiday Fresh Market downtown, Linda Armstrong, of Apalachicola, shows off one of the two dozen Nativity scenes she fashioned from driftwood she collected in Alaska; an old picket fence from the Maddox House; palm tree bark; Spanish moss; oyster shells; and Baby Jesus made from a palm seed, asleep in a shell manger. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
ABC School seventh grader Lyllah Cook holds up a wooden cross, made by her dad, Stephen Nash, of Apalachicola. Nash gave his creation to Robin Fogt, of Panacea, left, who had a booth at the Holiday Fresh Market called Robin’s Recycling, which makes similar items. Fogt was moved to tears because of a recent tragedy in her family’s life. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
On Saturday morning, Santa Claus paid a visit to the Holy Family Senior Center on the Hill in Apalachicola, the 14th such annual visit arranged by Beano Simmons. Here he is shown with 10-month-old Yuri Robinson, who was there along with Franklin County third grader Deniyah Robinson, children of Denetria Robinson, of Apalachicola. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
Port St. Joe’s Hayden Braswell, together with daughter, Port St. Joe first grader Paisleigh, had a good morning at Apalachicola’s Holiday Fresh Market, selling sourdough bread, cinnamon rolls and gingerbread cookies. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
The angel tree, created in honor of staff members who recently lost loved ones, was created for the Festival of the Trees at the Joe Center for the Arts by Claire Matney, of Scallop Cove, and is also part of the silent auction. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
Santa Claus, whose visit was arranged by Mark Parsley, arrived by shrimp boat to Apalachicola’s Black Friday celebration. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
At Saturday’s Holiday Fresh Market in Apalachicola, Nathan Glass, with fiancee Hannah Brewer, shows off a pan of fresh Holland cream and glazed donuts, part of a fledgling business that he’s started in his Carrabelle home. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
On Saturday morning, Santa Claus arrived by fire truck, driven by newly elected county commissioner Anthony Croom, to the Holy Family Senior Center on the Hill in Apalachicola, the 14th such annual visit arranged by Beano Simmons. [ David Adlerstein | The Times ]
This unusual entry in The Joe’s Festival of the Trees, was made by F and F Construction. The Festival wraps up this weekend. [ David Adlerstein | The Star ]
From Wewahitchka to Alligator Point, the Forgotten Coast is getting into the Christmas spirit.
The Festival of the Trees will wrap up at the Joe Center of the Arts this Saturday at 4 p.m., after marking the Jingle at the Joe Thursday, when the silent auction closes and the People’s Choice will be announced. Also on Thursday, the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office will host its annual Jingle at the Jail. And on Friday afternoon is the Eastpoint Christmas parade, and a visit from Santa Claus.
On Saturday, Carrabelle will mark its annual Holiday on the Harbor and Boat Parade of Lights. Port St. Joe will host its annual Christmas on the Coast parade.
Last Saturday, it was a busy day in Apalachicola, as Santa Claus arrived to the Holy Family Senior Center aboard a fire truck. Later that day, it was bustling at the Holiday Fresh Market downtown, sponsored by the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce.
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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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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.