Learn to make a traditional Filipino lantern
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Learn to make a traditional Filipino lantern

The Crooked River Lighthouse in partnership with the Big Bend Filipino-American Association will be offering their popular lantern-making workshop on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 3 to 6 p.m. ET at C-Quarters, Marina, 501 St. James Avenue (Hwy 98) in Carrabelle. Participants will learn to make a traditional Filipino Parol, a three-dimensional star lantern, at the…

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…

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…

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”…

Choral society begins rehearsals for Christmas concerts
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Choral society begins rehearsals for Christmas concerts

The Bay Area Choral Society has begun rehearsing for their 2024-25 season.  The Christmas concert this year will be on Friday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. ET at First United Methodist Church of Port St. Joe, and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola.  One of the featured pieces of…

Rainfall leads to road closures
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Rainfall leads to road closures

Hi Y’all,  As the first day of autumn is almost here, our calendars will begin filling up. Lanark will start this season with clean beach accesses, thanks to the eight volunteers who were out on the beach early Saturday morning. Great news! The beach and water access were cleaner with less trash and debris this…

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War museum focuses on ‘Operation Market Garden’

The Camp Gordon Johnston World War Museum in Carrabelle will present, from Oct. 1 until Nov. 2, a special exhibit on Operation Market Garden, the Allied attempt to control the bridge over the Rhine at Arnhem on the border of Germany and the Netherlands. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to…

Crooked River’s Country Market Saturday
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Crooked River’s Country Market Saturday

Crooked River Lighthouse Park hosts the Country Farmer’s Market this Saturday, Sept. 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at 1975 Hwy 98 West, at the foot of Carrabelle’s lighthouse. The market is recruiting new and returning vendors, at $10 a market. For more info, contact 850-697-2732, carrabellelighthouse@gmail.com or www.crookedriverlighthouse.com