It took over a year to get to the bottom of who was responsible for a derelict vessel that was impeding boat traffic around Pinhook in the Apalachicola River. How long before that it had languished in the water is anybody’s guess. But based on the fact the chains intended to drag it up on…
If anyone had doubts that Florida Senator Rick Scott has the fight in him to win re-election this fall, Tuesday night’s appearance at the Fort Coombs Armory for the annual Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner likely dispelled them. In a fiery nearly half-hour speech, Scott, 71, rallied the troops behind a message of better border security and…
Franklin County Tax Collector Rick Watson has decided he won’t seek re-election in the fall, setting the stage for a battle to seek the open seat. “After much thought and prayer, I have decided not to run for re-election in 2024,” he wrote in a news release last week. “It has been a privilege to…
A Troy, New York man sentenced last month in Franklin County to a five-year probation for threatening and harassing Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith through repeated telephone calls appears to be at it again. According to a Wednesday afternoon news release from the sheriff’s office, David M. Reed, 35, had stopped checking in at the…
On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Apalachicola Mayor Brenda Ash, and city commissioners Adriane Elliott and Despina George were all sworn in to office. All three were re-elected to their non-partisan posts without opposition. Because of the recently enacted ordinance to hold elections on even-numbered years, in concert with state and federal elections, their terms will run…
The annual legislative delegation hearing in Apalachicola’s county commission chambers is usually filled with polite praise for the state senator and state representative working on Franklin County’s issues before the state. After all, they’re bringing home the berries for lots of hungry constituents, and there was no shortage of pointed requests for fiscal acorns that…
Blessed with a significant growth in its tax base, Apalachicola city commissioners have decided to keep the millage rate unchanged at 8.3457 mills. Because the tax base has grown from $204.9 million this year to about $236.5 million in the upcoming 2023-24 fiscal year, the city will have about $1.92 million in ad valorem tax…
It’s a Florida county with a rich military tradition, dating back to the men who served in both the Union and Confederate armies buried in its cemeteries. From the heroes of World War I and II, to those trained in the 1940s at Camp Gordon Johnston for landings in the Pacific, to the groundbreaking U-2…
As of 10:45 a.m. Wednesday, the county emergency management office has rescinded all evacuation orders, both mandatory and voluntary. Due to a combination of Hurricane Idalia and the rising tide, Bayfront Drive in Alligator Point and Patton Street on St. George Island are under water. Please use extreme caution when in this area. Because there…
TALLAHASSEE — As Gov. Ron DeSantis geared up his presidential campaign, taxpayer costs to transport and protect the governor and his family surged during the past fiscal year, according to a new state report. Florida spent more than $9.876 million during the 2022-2023 fiscal year on protecting and transporting the DeSantis family and visiting officials,…
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