The weather and community support blessed Porch Fest on Saturday, as the well-organized follow-up to last year’s impromptu musician response to COVID-19 lockdowns, proved a huge success. Beginning in the morning at Lafayette Park at the Oyster City Brewing Company stage, the event featured about two dozen musicians on porches and yards throughout the city. …
The energy that carried over from the afternoon homecoming parade through Eastpoint was palpable, and the crowd was robust for the game, as they came to watch the Franklin County Seahawks take on the 3-1 Aucilla Christian Warriors. Following the first ever appearance of the high schools newly created Navy Junior ROTC color guard in…
Vietnam hero’s tombstone stands corrected In Jan. 1968, Marine Cpl. James Henry Clays parents, Mack and Mary Anne Clay, buried their son in Snow Hill Cemetery just two months after he had turned 21 in Vietnam. In the early morning hours of Jan. 3,, shrapnel from a rocket-propelled grenade had killed Clay in an attack…
A possible red tide outbreak, as yet unconfirmed by health officials, has county officials concerned. St. George Island resident Bruce Graham told county commissioners Tuesday morning that he and his wife had experienced respiratory distress on the island, which prompted them to sees medical care at Weems Memorial Hospital. Stemming from the organism Karenia brevis, red…
A 50-year-old Apalachicola woman, active in the community as a behavior and sexual violence counselor, has been arrested for having a sexual relationship with a minor. Kelley Mosley, 50, was arrested for lewd and lascivious battery upon a minor between the ages of 12 and 18, a second degree felony. After an extensive investigation by…
Get ready for Porch
Fest this Saturday, an all-day affair featuring the finest in local musicians,
appearing on porches throughout Apalachicola.
The event
stemmed from the COVID-19
The fact that the 2021 Seahawk football season is a rebuilding year was in evidence Friday night, as Franklin County fell 35-7 at home to the Rocky Bayou Christian Knights. A promising opening drive by the Seahawks was stymied by penalties, and after Franklin County turned it over on down at midfield, and contained the…
Carrabelle sports the first of two new murals Carrabelle has emblazoned its self with a giant mural and is soon to get another. Since 2016, board members of the Carrabelle Community Redevelopment Agency have looked to fund a Mural in Art project to celebrate Carrabelles beauty and river vistas. But finding a property owner within…
As the real estate market continues to heat up, and the tourism economy persists in setting records, county officials are paying more attention to the Apalachicola Regional Airport. In a series of actions over the last six weeks, county commissioners agreed to avert a potential clash with pilots and other airport enthusiasts by voting to…
The Carrabelle Chamber of Commerce has hired a new director. Lori Dougherty began in the fulltime job August 24, after the 10-member chamber board selected her to succeed Lisa Munson, who left the job earlier this year. We wound with seven very, very good applicants, said Randy Lee, president of the chamber. We chose Lori…
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