The debut of an innovative summer program, that blended arts with fitness, ended with the sound of drums and the sweep of dance. In a July 2 program at the Holy Family Senior Center, the five-week Community Moving Education. Program, under the direction of retired New York City dancer and educator Frenchy Haynes, presented a…
A month ahead of budget time, Sheriff AJ Smith is pushing strongly for raises for the people in his department. And now that the county commissioners have the results of a study they commissioned on pay rates and job classifications, it looks like sheriffs office employees, as well as those who work for other county…
They call themselves Sandlot for a reason and its not to puff up their chests and brag about being elite. Instead, its because this team is down to the red clay earth, a group of Franklin County boys who have grown up together, swung their bats together and played together. Theyre not like the All-Star…
A 17-year-old Eastpoint girl was killed early Tuesday morning in a one-car collision along U.S. 98, just east of State Road 65. In the report by Florida Highway Patrol Homicide Investigator Cpl. Karen Shipman, no name was released nor a description of the vehicle. The family has confirmed that the driver was Emma Jae Crum,…
Following a hugely successful return to July Fourth festivities, all the more exciting because the holiday spanned a weekend, more than smiles and joyous memories were left behind. There was plenty of trash that had to be attended to. Following the Independence Eve celebration that drew an enormous crowd to downtown Apalachicola, about two dozen…
More than a year after completing renovations at its new office location, the Franklin County Extension staff welcomed the community to celebrate the new digs, The road to completion for the project was long and winding with some unexpected turns but in the end we have a beautiful facility in which to serve the public…
Standing beside a pair of freshly finished, bright orange ferries, soon to shuttle millions of New Yorkers each year between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, the ninth smallest county in Florida celebrated its good fortune last week. Built in Panama City, and lately outfitted in Port St. Joe, the two 320-foot long, 70-foot…
County Commissioner Noah Lockley is not a fan of turtles. He reiterated this point several times last week, at a public hearing on a proposed revision of the countys Leave No Trace ordinance intended to strengthen protections of the vital sea turtle nursery, and extend the affected shoreline further east to Carrabelle, Alligator Point and…
Apalachicola Mayor Brenda Ash was among the many dignitaries to speak Saturday in remembrance of former Florida A&M University President Dr. Frederick S. Humphries, Sr., who was eulogized as a mentor, recruiter, leader, visionary, and innovator. Ash said Humphries, a native of her waterfront community, was taught by Roman Catholic nuns in elementary school at…
Franklin County is accustomed to seeing a steady increase in its tourism numbers but in March and April, the numbers skyrocketed like a Roman candle on the Fourth of July. In a report to county commissioners Tuesday morning, Tourist Development Council Administrator John Solomon reported that collections in March more than doubled over 2020, and…
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