WWII museum plans March 9 parade
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WWII museum plans March 9 parade

The Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum will celebrate the 29th annual Camp Gordon Johnston Day Veterans Parade on Saturday, March 9, starting at 10:45 a.m. ET in Carrabelle. The parade is planned especially to honor the nation’s remaining World War II veterans as well as to salute all veterans from that war to…

Live music Friday in downtown Carrabelle
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Live music Friday in downtown Carrabelle

The Downtown Carrabelle business community has joined forces with Rio Carrabelle Art Gallery to host the next First Friday event from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 1 in Carrabelle. This month both Rio Carrabelle and Taste of Korea will host live music. Taste of Korea will feature Gene Zone and Rio Carrabelle will host…

Mystic Krewe sends sheriff to the dogs
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Mystic Krewe sends sheriff to the dogs

At a Feb. 9 luncheon at the Station Raw Bar, the Mystic Krewe of Salty Barkers kicked off their Pawdi-Gras celebrations with the announcement that Franklin County Sheriff A. J. Smith would be Grand Marshal of the annual Apalachicola Mardi Gras Barkus Parade this Saturday, Feb. 24 at the city’s Riverfront Park. Each year the…

Singing in the rain
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Singing in the rain

Weather doesn’t wash out festival’s spirit A weekend full of persistent drizzle and light rain put a damper on the activities of the 31st annual African-American History Festival but it didn’t cancel the celebration. With the theme “The Dream, The Struggle, The Reality,” the Hillside Coalition of Laborers for Apalachicola (H’COLA) did what it could…

ShrimpFest serves up succulent celebration
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ShrimpFest serves up succulent celebration

The St. George Island Lighthouse and Museum this year moved the third annual ShrimpFest from May to the second Saturday in February. Based on how well the Feb. 10 event went, that’s when it’s going to be from here on out. Amy Hodson, executive director of the St. George Lighthouse Association, which oversees the event,…

Bring Me A Book benefit helps expand its reach
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Bring Me A Book benefit helps expand its reach

Bring Me A Book Franklin’s Love of Literacy Benefit earlier this month attracted attendees from near and far, with close to 200 guests coming from Tallahassee, California and even Canada to raise money for home libraries for the children of Franklin and Gulf counties.  Fort Coombs Armory in Apalachicola provided a festive setting, accented with…

Avis Berry concert to highlight Ilse Newell season
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Avis Berry concert to highlight Ilse Newell season

Avis Berry and her stellar band will pay tribute to those singers who have influenced and inspired her in the Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts concert set for this Sunday, Feb. 18, at Trinity Episcopal Church at 4 p.m.  Berry’s program “The Shoulders Upon Which I Stand” will mark the first time she…