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Franklin County voters to weigh millage shift

Money would be earmarked for pay increases Franklin County voters in November’s general election will be asked to decide whether they favor shifting a half-mill in property taxes, now devoted to capital outlay, to operating revenues, where they can be spent on hiking teacher pay. After the school board voted unanimously last month to support…

Florida Democratic Party suspends Franklin County chair
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Florida Democratic Party suspends Franklin County chair

In a sign of the challenges facing Democrats in an ongoing shift among Franklin County voters to the Republican party, the chair of the county Democratic Party was suspended last week. The suspension of Carol Barfield from her post as chair was one of three suspensions announced last week by Nikki Fried, chair of the…

As Greatest Generation fades, Carrabelle remembers
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As Greatest Generation fades, Carrabelle remembers

Five-year-old Caleb Blevins pondered the question as he sat between his mom and dad on the back of their truck, awaiting the arrival of the 29th annual Camp Gordon Johnston Day Veterans Parade Saturday morning. What is the purpose of the parade today? he was asked. “To get candy!” he answered. Mom Cheree, and dad,…

Know your nuisance
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Know your nuisance

Agency partnership monitors invasive animals Last week was National Invasive Species Awareness Week and while most of us probably slept right through it, there’s a group of experts from various agencies who keep a watchful eye on the plants and animals that are on the rise but that don’t belong here. It’s called the Apalachicola…

Chili and eternity
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Chili and eternity

Victory arrives for Firefighter Forever team Fourteen years after Davie firefighter Brian Nolte passed away from brain cancer, the competitive chili cooking team that he founded punched their golden ticket to the world championships. After a knife blade-thin first round that saw a five-way tie, Tallahassee’s Firefighter Forever team, led by Nolte’s friend Neal Trafford…