It isn’t often that Franklin County is a place where people come to when there is a hurricane. More often it is where they flee from. But in the case of last week’s Hurricane Milton, evacuees from central and south Florida flocked here to avoid the ravages of the pending hurricane, zeroing in on the…
It was a hard-fought game from start to finish, Franklin County didn’t show an ounce of quit, but an incredible rushing game by the Cottondale Hornets was too much to overcome Friday night. After the two teams each scored a first quarter touchdown, and the Hornets led 8-6, Cottondale outscored the Seahawks 24-14 in the…
A pair of runners from the Forgotten Coast topped the Tate’s Hell 5K field of 73 racers last Saturday in Carrabelle. Franklin County High School senior Josiah Friddle topped the field by running an 18:44, nearly two minutes faster than runner-up Michael Martinez. The top female was Port St. Joe High School graduate Madelyn Gortemoller,…
A pre-hurricane drama over a motel-visiting cat in Carrabelle has brought into sharper focus the role played by officials responsible for compassion over, and control of, the Forgotten Coast’s feline population. It all started in the days before Hurricane Helene was set to pounce on Gulf and Franklin counties, when Amelia Steenmeyer, an information technology…
An Apalachicola man has a novel idea for bringing people together to build a boat, and he’s organizing an open meeting to introduce it. Duncan Blair, a researcher, educator and photographer of traditional sailing, is inviting the community to an open meeting at Belle’s Winery and Saloon, at 252 Water St across from the Apalachicola…
Sometimes, theater is just about having fun. Nothing deep, nothing moving, nothing profound, just fun. That was the case last weekend at the Chapman Theatre in Apalachicola, as the Panhandle Players opened their 2024-25 season with a performance of George A. Romero’s Night of the Living Dead Live, a comedic tribute to the historic 1968…
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. Here is a sampling of…
The show must go on, and the Panhandle Players are living up to that showbiz adage. Despite a hiccough with Hurricane Helene, the Players’ “Night of the Living Dead Live” will be staged Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 3 to 6 at the Chapman Theatre in Apalachicola. George A. Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead Live”…
Prior to the cancellation of last week’s Sept. 26 contest at Wakulla Christian, the Lady Seahawks varsity volleyball team had won three of their last four outings, to even their record at 6-6. In a tournament Sept. 14, Franklin County fell 2-1 to St. John Paul II, as they won the first game 24-23 but…
In a stretch of the Lanark area that has often seen minor flooding, Hurricane Helene capped off a wet month by completely inundating a large portion of Kentucky Avenue. A wet September had caused flooding to the property of Barbara and Paul Rohrs but not to the extent that engulfed it last week. Across the…
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