Patience, persistence move Frenette and Robinson into lead at Redfish Cup 
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Patience, persistence move Frenette and Robinson into lead at Redfish Cup 

The mental calculation of when to stay/when to go required a different formula than it did on Day 1, but Michael Frenette and Mark Robinson made the numbers work.  In so doing, they tallied a two-day total of 23 pounds, 6 ounces and took over the Day 2 lead at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup…

Bait change puts Rickard and Marsonek atop Redfish Cup field
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Bait change puts Rickard and Marsonek atop Redfish Cup field

Ryan Rickard knew that a second title would not be spoon-fed to him, so he and partner Patrick Marsonek played a savvy game and positioned themselves well with a two-fish limit of 11 pounds, 4 ounces that leads Day 1 of the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay. Qualifying through…

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Unemployment mainly unchanged in Franklin, Gulf

Unemployment along the Forgotten Coast showed little change last month. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Gulf County’s jobless rate remained at 3.2 percent in September, while in Franklin, it ticked upward a tiny bit, from 3.6 to 3.7 percent. In Gulf County, four people left the jobless…

FWC Report
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FWC Report

During the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, Officers Hartzog and Forbes observed an individual fishing under the John Gorrie Bridge while they were patrolling on Apalachicola Bay. The officers moored their patrol vessel to conduct a resource inspection and discovered he was in possession of an undersized red drum and two undersized spotted…

Local property appraisers honored at annual conference
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Local property appraisers honored at annual conference

The Forgotten Coast had an outsized role at the 121st annual conference earlier this month in Jacksonville of the oldest and largest professional association of property appraisers in the state. Gulf County Property Appraiser Mitch Burke was elected to serve as president of the Property Appraisers’ Association of Florida, Inc. After serving a term as…

Cat drama sheds light on rescue policies
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Cat drama sheds light on rescue policies

A pre-hurricane drama over a motel-visiting cat in Carrabelle has brought into sharper focus the role played by officials responsible for compassion over, and control of, the Forgotten Coast’s feline population. It all started in the days before Hurricane Helene was set to pounce on Gulf and Franklin counties, when Amelia Steenmeyer, an information technology…

Portion of Lanark swamped by rains
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Portion of Lanark swamped by rains

In a stretch of the Lanark area that has often seen minor flooding, Hurricane Helene capped off a wet month by completely inundating a large portion of Kentucky Avenue. A wet September had caused flooding to the property of Barbara and Paul Rohrs but not to the extent that engulfed it last week. Across the…