All-American kids: Families revel in Independence Day weekend activities
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All-American kids: Families revel in Independence Day weekend activities

They gathered at all four corners of Franklin County, and the biggest smiles and happiest faces were on the children. On Saturday, it was Eastpoint’s Freedom Festival, and on Sunday, the eastern end of the county gathered in Carrabelle for the festivities. On Monday it was all about Apalacfhicola’s Independence Day Eve festivities and on…

Shootout nets big money to fight leukemia
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Shootout nets big money to fight leukemia

SGI Charters lands biggest red snapper The fishing was great, two locals took home some big money, and Jimmie Crowder’s legacy continues to support the fight against leukemia. Twenty years after C-Quarters’ owner began the annual Kingfish Shootout to honor his daughter, Lisa Crowder, who lost her battle in 2002 to leukemia, the shootout raised…

Getting their GLOW on: Young ladies share in a spa day
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Getting their GLOW on: Young ladies share in a spa day

It was an afternoon for Franklin County middle and high school girls to get a little tender loving care from an older sisterhood, and to leave illuminated, inspired and prettified. On June 10 at the St. George Island United Methodist Church, the women from the church hosted about a dozen girls as part of their…

This weekend in Gulf and Franklin
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This weekend in Gulf and Franklin

It’s going to be a busy weekend in Gulf and Franklin Counties. Here’s a look at what the local communities have going on. Juneteenth celebration Two days of upcoming gatherings in Port St. Joe will mark the 158th anniversary of Juneteenth, an annual holiday to celebrate the end of slavery in the United States. Events…

Eastpoint festival to kick off Fourth festivities
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Eastpoint festival to kick off Fourth festivities

There’s going to be four straight nights of fireworks in Franklin County over the Independence Day holiday, and Eastpoint is gearing up to getting the ball rolling with its second annual Freedom festival on Saturday, July 1. After that it’s going to Carrabelle on Sunday, Apalachicola on Monday and St. George Island on Tuesday, July…

Izzy opens her cafe
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Izzy opens her cafe

Following a whirlwind soft opening last month, the new Izzy’s Cafe, owned by Isabel Pateritsas, marked a grand opening June 5 with a ribbon cutting by the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce. A descendent of the Nichols’ family, known for their stewardship of the Owl Cafe in its early years, Pateritsas, shown snipping the ribbon…

Lanark News: Flag burning marks Memorial Day
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Lanark News: Flag burning marks Memorial Day

Hi Y’all,  Memorial Day was a beautiful day. Camp Gordon Johnston American Legion Post 82, in Lanark had a ceremony on Monday, May 29. It was bittersweet for it was as it should be, a day of memorial. Our country’s red, white and blue was displayed everywhere. Many veterans and friends gathered to honor those…

Emotion in motion: Dance academy performs Spring Showcase
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Emotion in motion: Dance academy performs Spring Showcase

In the three years since it began during the Covid crisis, the Forgotten Coast Performing Arts studio in Apalachicola has been a worthy successor to the decades-long dance program started and sustained by the late Pam Nobles. Last month, the dancers showed how they have come into their own, bringing to life a technically sound…