Six months after Wefings Marine, Franklin County’s oldest boat dealership, dating back 115 years, was sold to a South Florida company, the new Nautical Ventures snipped the ribbon on its remodeled location in Eastpoint. The company, based in Fort Lauderdale with dealership locations also in Palm Beach, Sarasota, Stuart, and Tampa, hosted a BBQ, beer…
Rob Grabemann from the Leukemia Research Foundation holds a check for $120,000, which was a contribution from the 21st annual Kingfish Shootout at C-Quarters Marina in Carrabelle on June 15. The tournament has long been a benefactor in the fight against leukemia.
TDC OKs deal for October Redfish Cup Franklin County looks to be quite a busy place for two weeks beginning in late October as tourist development officials have struck a deal to bring a big money, nationally televised fishing tournament here. If details can be agreed upon, the 2024 Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship will…
Annual Mullet Toss goes swimmingly With the exception of a little blow-up at the end, the 32nd annual Mullet Toss on St. George Island went pretty darn well. The crowd was enormous on the beach adjacent to the Blue Parrot Oceanfront Cafe, and the number of participants who signed up in the divisions, from little…
Last year the newly renamed Bring Me A Book Forgotten Coast held its first Book Bonanza with a grant from Duke Energy Foundation. The non-profit gave away books to elementary students in Franklin County at the end of the school year to ensure kids had reading material of their own choosing to engage them over…
Memorial Day week celebrates sacrifice From one end of the Forgotten Coast to the other, from Beacon Hill to St. James Bay, Memorial Day marked much more than the traditional start of summer. It stood for that which has protected America since its founding, and remembered not only the fallen, but those who have disappeared…
At an awards assembly and graduation ceremonies, Franklin County High school honored its 51 members of the class of 2024. Both ceremonies, held in the gym, opened with the filing in of the seniors, to the strains of Pomp and Circumstance. Class President Alex Sterling and Historian Ja’Marcus Turrell greeted the enormous crowd, with Turrell and…
Memorial Day programs spanned the entire Forgotten Coast, from the Veterans Memorial Park at Beacon Hill in Gulf County, to the Veterans Park in Apalachicola where a detail of the Three Servicemen Statue formed an indelible backdrop to the solemn ceremony. Following the laying of wreaths in front of the statue, the large gathering heard…
There were goats and glucose meters, ice cream and blood pressure tests, as Franklin County’s array of health services, both for the mind and for the body, were put on full display May 18 in front of Weems Memorial Hospital. The hospital’s foundation, using the theme “Catch The Wellness Wave,” held its second annual Community…
Kids take in annual scientific exploration The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve in Eastpoint was once again jammed with eager students and their fascinated parents from Gulf and Franklin counties as they came by to celebrate National Estuaries Day on Friday afternoon, May 3. This free, fun and educational event features stations that gave hands-on…
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