Students at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School are glowing eerily in the dark, but it’s not from the drinking water or from getting too close to radioactive plutonium. It’s actually being infused by their teachers, as part of a schoolwide effort that stems from ideas that about two dozen members of the faculty gleaned from…
Hi Y’all, I want to refresh you on the up-and-coming events in Lanark. I have been traveling but I will be home for all these great events. On Monday, Oct. 21 at Chillas Hall starting at 6:30 p.m. ET there will be a civic meeting with local leaders to discuss matters that concern our Lanark…
After seeing two major hurricanes impact his central Florida home waters in a three-week period, Captain Cody Chivas is ready for some bent-rod therapy. Fortunately, he’ll get that opportunity during the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay. In the event’s first Sunshine State visit, competition days will be Oct. 25-27…
Saturday had the perfect weather for a puttering around town and stopping to listen to music at the parks and from porches, as Apalachicola’s Porch Fest Apalach marked its fifth year. This year brought 29 musical acts, 16 porches, and three stages for the grassroots roaming music festival — where porches are stages and yards…
It isn’t often that Franklin County is a place where people come to when there is a hurricane. More often it is where they flee from. But in the case of last week’s Hurricane Milton, evacuees from central and south Florida flocked here to avoid the ravages of the pending hurricane, zeroing in on the…
The Crooked River Lighthouse in partnership with the Big Bend Filipino-American Association will be offering their popular lantern-making workshop on Sunday, Oct. 27 from 3 to 6 p.m. ET at C-Quarters, Marina, 501 St. James Avenue (Hwy 98) in Carrabelle. Participants will learn to make a traditional Filipino Parol, a three-dimensional star lantern, at the…
Twelve kayaking volunteers of Apalachicola Riverkeeper are in the final stages of preparing for a 107-mile journey down the entire Apalachicola River, from Chattahoochee to Apalachicola, The annual Rivertrek launches in Chattahoochee on Wednesday, Oct. 23, and after camping along the way, they’ll arrive in Apalachicola five days later on Sunday, Oct. 27. Family, friends…
A trio of dedicated Franklin County restaurant people – Danny Itzkovitz, Patrick Kelly and Zack Craig – returned Monday to the devastation, wrought by Hurricane Helene in Horseshoe Beach, shown above. The three left Monday evening with a food truck and a camper as they set about serving first responders, work crews and the general…
A pair of runners from the Forgotten Coast topped the Tate’s Hell 5K field of 73 racers last Saturday in Carrabelle. Franklin County High School senior Josiah Friddle topped the field by running an 18:44, nearly two minutes faster than runner-up Michael Martinez. The top female was Port St. Joe High School graduate Madelyn Gortemoller,…
An Apalachicola man has a novel idea for bringing people together to build a boat, and he’s organizing an open meeting to introduce it. Duncan Blair, a researcher, educator and photographer of traditional sailing, is inviting the community to an open meeting at Belle’s Winery and Saloon, at 252 Water St across from the Apalachicola…
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