Bay Area Choral Society to perform at Carnegie Hall 
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Bay Area Choral Society to perform at Carnegie Hall 

Members of the Bay Area Choral Society will travel on Friday, Nov. 29, to New York City to perform at Carnegie Hall.  The group will participate in two half-days of rehearsals and clinics on Saturday and Sunday with the performance on Monday, Dec. 2.  The society will be part of a 200-member choir and will…

Carrabelle Food Pantry recognizes Millender Seafood
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Carrabelle Food Pantry recognizes Millender Seafood

Most people know Millender & Sons Seafood as a fixture in the Carrabelle community, having provided quality seafood to its customers since 1942. But what they may not know is Millender & Sons Seafood has also been a great supporter of the Carrabelle Food Panty for over 20 years, by allowing the pantry to use…

Pixie Mathis to present Coffee House Concert
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Pixie Mathis to present Coffee House Concert

The Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County, along with St. George Island Methodist Church, will present the next Coffee House Concert at Apalachicola’s Holy Family Senior Center auditorium on Friday, Nov. 22 at 11 a.m. Born and raised in Apalachicola, Mary Mathis, known as Pixie, will sing pop and blues numbers. All are invited…

Local organizations need support to vote in boards
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Local organizations need support to vote in boards

Hi Y’all: Things are getting busy around Lanark and not many snowbirds have returned yet. The Lanark Village Boat Club Pancake Breakfast was a great success. This is an event that you will want to put on your calendar for every third Saturday of each month. The American Legion has started DJ Hope’s Karaoke. That…

Freedom Festival at airport Saturday
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Freedom Festival at airport Saturday

The Apalachicola Regional Airport will host the Forgotten Coast Freedom Festival this Saturday, Nov. 16 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. ET. Free admission and parking, with live music, car show, kids Funzone, military aircraft, county auction, food and vendors. For $75, rides will be available in a Vietnam-era Bell UH-1H Unicorn helicopter, subject to…

Dressed for the night
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Dressed for the night

Lighthouse glows with Lantern Fest  Seventeen years after it first started in 2007, Lantern Fest, an outdoor festival known for its display of colorful, hanging lanterns, once again illuminated the night surrounding the Crooked River Lighthouse outside Carrabelle. The brainchild of Carrabelle artist Joan Matey, with contributions by local artists, the festival on Saturday night, Nov….

Honoring hometown heroes
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Honoring hometown heroes

As part of the annual Veteran’s Day program Monday morning at the First Baptist Christian School in Apalachicola, these four students offer a song of thanks, and recite Psalm 34:8-13 before the congregation. Pictured from left are second graders Shiloh Harrison and Ava Moore, first grader Kevin Heath and second grader Mason Crosby. Later that…

Eastpoint woman set standard for oyster shucking
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Eastpoint woman set standard for oyster shucking

Nowadays, when the Florida Seafood Festival holds its oyster shucking contest, it is invariably all men, almost always from area raw bars, who compete. But six decades ago, when the festival was first resurrected in the early 1960s from its turn-of-the-century origins, it was an Eastpoint woman who swept the competition. Helen Hicks, now in…

Airport hosts ‘Freedom Festival’ Saturday
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Airport hosts ‘Freedom Festival’ Saturday

The Apalachicola Regional Airport will offer a salute to veterans as part of a day long Forgotten Cost Freedom Festival this Saturday, Nov. 16. Beginning at 10 a.m. ET and ending at 4 p.m.,, the festival will provide free admission and free parking as families are welcome to stop by and enjoy live music, a…