If you’re a voter in Apalachicola, plan on voting in September for just one city commission race. City Clerk Lee Mathes said Lance Martina, 60, has filed to challenge incumbent Despina George, 66. Martina’s wife Paula will serve as his treasurer. Since neither incumbent city commissioner Adriane Elliott nor Mayor Brenda Ash drew opponents, they…
The two incumbent Apalachicola city commissioners jumped out of the gate early and filed for re-election Monday at the start of the qualifying week. City Clerk Lee Mathes said both Despina George and Adriane Elliott paid the required $233.60 fee to run for another term in their non-partisan posts. The fee represents 4.5 percent of…
Get ready for Arlene, Bret, Cindy, Don, Emily, Franklin, Gert, Harold, Idalia, Jose, Katia, Lee, Margot, Nigel, Ophelia, Philippe, Rina, Sean, Tammy, Vince and Whitney. These are the names of what the National Hurricane Center says could be between 12 and 17 named storms for the 2023 season, which began June 1. Five to nine…
The Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles’ Mobile Licensing Van will be at the Carrabelle Courthouse Annex this Friday, May 26 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. for anyone in the area who wants to process a driver license transaction in Carrabelle. The mobile unit provides a convenient method to renew a driver…
A workshop last week to address the growing presence of travel trailers, RVs and mobile homes – amidst neighborhoods where homes are growing in price and shrinking in availability – brought into sharp focus one of the thorniest issues county commissioners now have to face. How do you preserve safe neighborhoods, where people adhere to…
The jury is still out on whether divine intervention somehow draped an invisible bandanna across my face so that I could witness a shift in the landscape, or whether it was just an embarrassing blunder on my part. Whatever the verdict turns out to be, the evidence shows I was a willing, some might say…
The Apalachicola city commission last week moved forward on changing details of its municipal elections to move them to even numbered years by 2026. By a 4-1 vote, with Despina George opposed, the commission approved on first reading an ordinance to move elections for mayor and four commissioners to coincide with county, state and national…
A newly introduced drug and alcohol treatment program for inpatients at Weems Memorial Hospital drew heightened scrutiny from county commissioners last week. Introduced on the county commission agenda days prior to the March 7 meeting, the item brought before commissioners the top leadership of Weems, including hospital CEO David Walker and Director of Nursing Courtney…
Carrabelle Deputy Chief Robby Hogan was sworn in this afternoon as the city’s new police chief, following a unanimous vote by the city commission. Following a motion by Mayor Brenda La Paz, and seconded by Tony Millender, the commission voted 4-0 to approve Hogan’s hire. Sebrina Brown, who was absent from the special meeting, had…
State Rep. Jason Shoaf wants to pass legislation that will give Floridians the right to kill a bear if they feel either themselves or their property are being threatened. Referred to as the Self Defense Act, House Bill 1587, which was filed Monday, would justify the use of lethal force to take a bear without…
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