Meals amidst devastation
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Meals amidst devastation

A trio of dedicated Franklin County restaurant people – Danny Itzkovitz, Patrick Kelly and Zack Craig – returned Monday to the devastation, wrought by Hurricane Helene in Horseshoe Beach, shown above. The three left Monday evening with a food truck and a camper as they set about serving first responders, work crews and the general…

Friddle, Gortemoller top Tate’s Hell 5K
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Friddle, Gortemoller top Tate’s Hell 5K

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,…

Community-built skiff topic of Oct. 17 meeting
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Community-built skiff topic of Oct. 17 meeting

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…

Tech crew breathes life into ‘Living Dead’
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Tech crew breathes life into ‘Living Dead’

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…

Apalach Pumpkin Patch to raise funds for Helene relief
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Apalach Pumpkin Patch to raise funds for Helene relief

The Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library will open its annual pumpkin patch on Monday, Oct. 7 with one hundred percent of all profits going to help Hurricane Helene victims. The proceeds from the pumpkins, for sale at $10 each, will be donated to the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office Charity Fund for Hurricane Helene Relief.  The…

Apalachicola to jam Saturday to Porch Fest
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Apalachicola to jam Saturday to Porch Fest

Porch Fest Apalach is coming back for its fifth year of good times and great music! This year brings 29 musical acts, 16 porches, and three stages to downtown Apalachicola. The grassroots roaming music festival — where porches are stages, yards are venues, and good vibes rule the day –  is from 11 a.m. to…

State EOC helps deluged residents
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State EOC helps deluged residents

Hi Y’all, we are sadly awaiting the outcome of another hurricane hurting us and our neighbors. Our part of Florida was fortunate while our neighbors further south were devastated and who would have thought that the north of us would be destroyed in some cases? My thoughts and prayers are with those who have lost…

Clean-up plucks two tons of trash from landscape
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Clean-up plucks two tons of trash from landscape

Volunteers across Franklin County removed over two tons of trash and debris from the shorelines and landscape on Saturday, Sept. 21.  The 220 volunteers of the annual International Coastal Clean Up, fanned out across 14 sites from Bald Point State Park to Apalachicola’s Seafood Landing Park, removed litter and debris, including cigarette butts, cans, vape…

Curtain to go up on ‘Living Dead’
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Curtain to go up on ‘Living Dead’

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”…