Fish start swimming into newest artificial reef

The weather was a bit uncooperative, so it was delayed a couple weeks, but with July came the start of the newest artificial reef off the Franklin County coastline. The Buddy Ward Memorial Artificial Reef, named after a longtime leader of the area’s seafood industry, was deployed successfully on July 1 to its one-nautical-mile square…

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Hersey to face Grove in Apalach elections

Brenda Ash as mayor, Donna Duncan as commissioner, both unopposed Apalachicola City Commissioner Anita Grove will face Amy Hersey in the Sept. 7 Apalachicola municipal elections, while interim Mayor Brenda Ash and newcomer Donna Duncan will be unopposed. Supervisor of Elections Heather Riley said no opponents had filed by the noon deadline Friday to oppose…

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Jobless rate improves, labor force grows

Franklin County’s unemployment numbers improved slightly in May, even as the size of the labor force grew According to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was at 3.8 percent, two-tenths of 1 percentage point better than the April rate of 4.0 percent….

Littlest All-Star Darlings score district title

Sometimes, it’s the littlest ones that make the biggest sound. The Dixie Youth League Franklin County All Stars in the Darling division, for ages 7-8, emerged victorious at last week’s district tournament in Bristol. “We never left the winners bracket with a 3-0 record to be district champs,” said Leigh Sheridan, head coach of a…