There were few if any pictures of working oystermen in the collection this year, as Apalachicola Bay remains closed. But that certainly didn’t mean that the vibrancy of the county’s people, young and old, and its rich legacy and future promise were captured in oil paints, watercolor and pastels. The 18th annual Forgotten Coast en…
One of the most powerful and dextrous athletes of the 21st century, and some say the greatest basketball player in the history of the game, LeBron James recently surpassed Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s record to become the NBA’s all-time highest scorer. In the L.A. Lakers’ Feb. 7 game against the Oklahoma City Thunder, LeBron, formerly with our…
Hi Y’all, Last week I announced the Lanark Village Clean-Up on April 1; it is for real, no April Fools Day here. This is a very important event for the Village when Lanark and the county pitch in to clean up in the Village those areas that need cleaning up and to help those who…
Forty young people from around the Forgotten Coast, from age 6 to 18, whose special needs might otherwise impede their access to the joys of boating and fishing, will have that opportunity in early May. Registration for the free C.A.S.T. (Catch A Special Thrill) for Kids Foundation event, set for Saturday, May 6 at the…
On Sunday, Buddy Braxton brought flowers for his wife Betty on the occasion of their 66th wedding anniversary. When she saw him come inside to the St. James Health and Rehabilitation Center, their daughter Amy Cook said her mom “got this big smile and her eyes lit up and she put her arm around daddy.”…
Special to the Times The 18th annual Forgotten Coast en Plein Air event March 17 to 26 will bring artists of international acclaim to capture the natural beauty, character and local culture of the region through the plein air tradition. While for artists, the Forgotten Coast is heaven, the event is far from a one-sided…
The Secret Lives of Words One of my earliest memories is of sitting on the ground, playing outside our apartment, and suddenly finding big black ants swarming all over me. They weren’t stinging, but they were startling, and oh so scary. I shrieked, jumped up, and ran around in circles trying to brush the critters…
We asked our readers to send the stories of how they met their significant others in honor of Valentine’s Day. Here are their submissions. A mixtape love story Like so many teens growing up in the ’80s and ’90s, we created mixtapes. We made them for our friends, crushes or perspective boy/girlfriends. Mixtapes were often…
Bickel journeys to remote Morocco In late November and December, while Morocco was becoming the first African and first Arab nation to reach the World Cup semi-finals, Richard Bickel was taking pictures. Not of the soccer matches, or of the large crowds gathering to watch the games on big screen televisions outdoors. Bickel, a well-seasoned…
When I was 12 or so… Seems like most movie and TV cowboys have issues nowadays. They abuse their families (think 2021’s “Power of the Dog”); murder unforgivingly (as in Eastwood’s 1992 film “Unforgiven”); or end up being crazed androids (in “Westworld,” the franchise begun in 1973, now an HBO series). Things were different when…
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