The Porter House, a Queen Anne-style home built around 1901, highlights the Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour Saturday, May 4, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Now in its 30th year, the annual event hosted by Trinity Episcopal Church, 76 Sixth Street, showcases some of the town’s most distinguished homes, both old and new….
Lela Marie Events and Designs will host a Mother’s Day Tea Party from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 11 at the Fort Coombs Armory, 66 Fourth Street, in Apalachicola. Attendees are asked to dress in vintage tea party attire. Tickets, on sale at Eventbrite, cost $25 and include brunch, MOMosea and Mocktail bar, fashion…
The sixth annual Gospel Explosion, drawing on voices from both Franklin and Gulf counties, will be 3 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 4 at St. Paul AME Church, 81 Avenue I in Apalachicola. Under the direction of St, Paul Pastor Garry Reed and Choir Director Harrison Jones, and coordinated by John Fitzhugh, the program will…
The Bay Area Choral Society closed out their 2023-24 season with a giant crescendo that reverberated in the ears and smiles of school. Ed Hogan, a Carrollton, Georgia composer who wrote a commissioned piece for the society about the Forgotten Coast called The Maker’s Song, and Dr. Ian Heming, the society’s pianist, joined Dana Langford,…
Come celebrate the season of spring with the grand opening of “Art in Bloom” Friday, April 19 from 6 to 8 p.m. EST at The Joe Center for the Arts, 201 Reid Ave, Port St Joe. This exhibition consists of 67 works – paintings, drawings, photography, collage and printmaking – incorporating a floral theme. Local…
“Rats!” Webster defines the interjection, a tad politer than “damn” or some other four-letter words you might let slip, as expressing “disappointment, frustration, or disgust.” The usage, which dates back to the 1800s, may be making a comeback with the widespread resurgence of rat populations, as reported by the NY Times, PBS, and other media….
Hi Y’all, I hope you are reading this electronically at www.franklincounty.news, before Tuesday, April 16 at 11 a.m. when there will be a hearing on the zoning change for property at 2390 Oak Street in Lanark Village. The public hearing will be at the county commission meeting room in the courthouse annex at 34 Forbes…
The Apalachicola Bay Sailing Club invites all sailors in Franklin or Gulf counties to bring their sailboats to Apalachicola on Sunday, April 21, for a day of sailing on the bay. “We are looking to assemble as many sailboats as possible and to sail around a short course in mid bay where the water is…
There is such a long list of what the Panhandle Players did not do last weekend in performing the final show of their 2023-24 season, that I feel compelled to share these pronounced omissions so obvious throughout the staging of the Tony Award-winning farce “Lend Me A Tenor” at the Chapman Theatre. For example, the…
Hi Y’all, Happy Spring! The Spring Breakers came in and the Snowbirds flew out. The Lanark Village Association, Inc. had their monthly membership meeting on Monday, April 1. The attendance was low, not allowing for a quorum vote. The membership needs to be aware of the changes that are taking place in the organization. Please…
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