Fresh from Florida’s Panhandle: Fruits and veggies abound at Apalachicola’s Farmers Market
| |

Fresh from Florida’s Panhandle: Fruits and veggies abound at Apalachicola’s Farmers Market

There are plenty of great vendors of quality jewelry, art, photography and handmade items at Apalachicola’s Farmers Market, held every second and fourth Saturday at the Mill Pond pavilion. But what further distinguishes the Apalach market from others around the county is that it is anchored by three purveyors of fresh edibles, including meat, eggs,…

High Five partners to open craft brewery
| | | | |

High Five partners to open craft brewery

High Five Dive Bar is going into the craft beer business, partnering with an established Jackson County brewer with ties to Franklin County. On Friday night, bar owners Becky and Ronnie Jones announced that they had teamed up with Brian Walker, owner of Southern Fields Brewing in Campbellton, to produce their own local Coastal Soul…

| | | |

Runway opening lifts Apalachicola airport’s future

A clean bill of health from the Florida Department of Transportation for one of the Apalachicola airport’s six runways, and the only one running north and south, is further generating enthusiasm for the future of the airport. Ted Mosteller, the airport’s interim manager, said FDOT, following a Jan. 4 inspection, determined that the acreage to…

| | |

Business changes highlight 2022

There is no question that the biggest story of 2022 was a lot of smaller stories that formed a constellation that twinkled in the skies above Franklin County. Call this celestial gathering of stars “Emptor,” Latin for buyer, or “Venditor,” meaning seller, or even “Marcator,” merchant. Whatever you call this constellation, that perceived arrangement of…

|

Business Profile: Marisa Clark, Senior Loan Consultant with New American Funding

Marisa Clark is a true panhandle native and business professional.  A graduate of Chipley High School, Chipola College and Troy University, Clark helps customers get their first home, a vacation home, or their dream home.  Licensed to work in Florida and Alabama, Clark is a customer-focused loan consultant and available to her customers seven days…

Jobs touted as St. Joe’s Eastern shipyard opens

Standing beside a pair of freshly finished, bright orange ferries, soon to shuttle millions of New Yorkers each year between the boroughs of Manhattan and Staten Island, the ninth smallest county in Florida celebrated its good fortune last week. Built in Panama City, and lately outfitted in Port St. Joe, the two 320-foot long, 70-foot…

Worker shortage persists amid record tourism

Franklin County is accustomed to seeing a steady increase in its tourism numbers but in March and April, the numbers skyrocketed like a Roman candle on the Fourth of July. In a report to county commissioners Tuesday morning, Tourist Development Council Administrator John Solomon reported that collections in March more than doubled over 2020, and…