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”…

Portion of Lanark swamped by rains
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Portion of Lanark swamped by rains

In a stretch of the Lanark area that has often seen minor flooding, Hurricane Helene capped off a wet month by completely inundating a large portion of Kentucky Avenue. A wet September had caused flooding to the property of Barbara and Paul Rohrs but not to the extent that engulfed it last week. Across the…

Village spared, but massive flooding in spots
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Village spared, but massive flooding in spots

Hi Y’all, it is good to be back after evacuating to Biloxi, Mississippi on Wednesday of last week. More so, because the Lanark area was spared, this is the first hurricane in the 10 years I have lived here that I evacuated, leaving with visions of Mexico Beach in my head.  Coming home to see…

Pirate, bats, spiders to visit libraries
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Pirate, bats, spiders to visit libraries

The Friends of the Franklin County Public Libraries will present author and living history interpreter, Robert Jacob, on Monday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. ET to share an engaging program about the Pirates of Florida at the Eastpoint branch. Jacob, an award-winning author known for his expertise in pirate history, will share tales of daring…

Weems places publicly available defibrillator downtown
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Weems places publicly available defibrillator downtown

Prompted by the recent death of an Apalachicola man on a downtown street due to a cardiac event, the Weems HealthCare Foundation has invested in community safety by strategically placing the first of what it hopes will be a series of automated external defibrillators in public locations throughout the county.  The first AED was unveiled…