Memorial Day message: Service means sacrifice
A hometown boy who devoted a career to the military, and who came back home to serve as superintendent of schools, reminded his Memorial Day audience Monday morning of the meaning of the
Building buckets for when it rains buckets
Bobby Shiver has been riding out hurricanes since 1939, first at his birthplace in 13 Mile and for his adult years with his family at Ferry Dock Road in Eastpoint.
This year he and his wife
Apalachicola summer camp to start June 6
Camp Moving Education is returning this summer.
The brainchild of Frenchy Haynes, a dance instructor from New York City who has moved to Apalachicola, the camp debuted last year and was a big
County moves on infrastructure projects
With millions of dollars flowing into the county for infrastructure, Franklin County commissioners signed off last week on a number of high-profile projects, including the revitalization of Island
Alligator Point residents back restricting beach access
A county commission workshop last week on parking made one thing abundantly clear.
The people of Alligator Point are mad as heck and dont want to take it anymore.
In an afternoon
Young Seahawks ‘turning the corner
It was a relaxed spirit of fun Friday afternoon, as the Franklin County Seahawks varsity football team had an intrasquad spring game.
Coach Dirk Strunk served as the refs, as each team had five
Bear pays Apalach a visit, tours the cemetery
If youve seen a bear lumbering through backyards in Apalachicola, your eyes are not deceiving you.
The report of a nice-sized Florida black bear was first called in to the Apalachicola
The last ding-dong rings for Eastpoint dredging
It isnt every day that a county official opens his remarks with a quote from a Nobel Prize for Literature acceptance speech, but thats what Alan Pierce did Tuesday morning.
The
Controlled burn on island ‘going as planned’
A controlled burn within Dr. Julian Bruce St. George Island State Park should wind down beginning at about 3 p.m.
“It might smoulder a little bit,” said John Kelton, a ranger at the
Weems honors Mills on golden anniversary
This time it was Lillie Mills turn to have a cake baked for her.
At a surprise party thrown last week as part of National Hospital Week, longtime Weems employee Lillie Mills was honored on