In celebration of Florida’s Arbor Day, the city of Apalachicola’s Tree Committee gave away more than 70 live, young trees at the Mill Pond Pavilion Farmers Market on Saturday morning, Jan. 14. For those trees, though, that are dead and dying, the committee is asking the city to provide a safe and fitting end to…
Four Oysters in Search of a Pearl, a barbershop quartet with roots in Apalachicola, returns to the Forgotten Coast area to deliver personal Valentine serenades to waiting sweethearts. The serenades are often delivered as a complete surprise, whether at home, a place of work, while dining at a restaurant, at a private party, or wherever…
Friends group to host Winter Bay Day Feb. 4 Bay Day is back. The Friends of St. Joseph Bay Preserves invite everyone to attend the winter Bay Day fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. EST. The event will be held at the Preserves Center, located at 3915 SR 30-A in…
On January 27, the world will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a symbolic date to commemorate the victims of Nazism. Murderous Nazi terror targeted millions for reasons of biology, nationality, or political ideology. But few people know that the Nazis’ victims included thousands of Jehovah’s Witnesses, who suffered for their Christian faith. Jehovah’s Witnesses, also…
As the 30-person crew from the Simple Alien TV production crew were packing up their gear after a weekend of filming an episode for season two of BBQ USA set to appear this summer on the Food Network, they were asked a simple alienating question. Are any of you vegans? K.C. Napper sheepishly wafted up…
High Five Dive Bar is going into the craft beer business, partnering with an established Jackson County brewer with ties to Franklin County. On Friday night, bar owners Becky and Ronnie Jones announced that they had teamed up with Brian Walker, owner of Southern Fields Brewing in Campbellton, to produce their own local Coastal Soul…
It’s going to be a busy weekend in Gulf and Franklin Counties. Butts and Clucks Friday and Saturday The Butts and Clucks Cook-off on the Bay kicks off Friday at noon at Battery Park. People’s Choice tickets, which entitle holders to sample some of the 50 team entries, will be on sale. Food vendors will…
Eli Whaley was recently initiated into the Troy University Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa, the National Leadership Honor Society. A 2020 graduate of Franklin County High school, Whaley, son of Lorne and Cheryl Whaley, of Carrabelle, also has been named to the Chancellor’s List at Troy University for the Fall Semester/Term 2 of the 2022-23…
It was sunny and cold, just the way runners like it, and Saturday morning’s 5K Half Shell Hustle went off without a hitch or a cramp. Master race organizer Shelley Shepard attracted a field of 100 – 57 females and 43 males – as they took off at 8 a.m. and ran throughout the city….
The Batty Sisters have been at it for six years, and up until last Saturday, they had two third places and a second place to show for it. But at Saturday’s annual Apalachicola Oyster Cookoff, it was their chance to win the big one. This wacky, enthusiastic band took home the top prize for their…
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