Apalachicola’s Chapman Home highlights May 3 tour
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Apalachicola’s Chapman Home highlights May 3 tour

The home of famed botanist Dr. Alvan W. Chapman highlights the Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour on Saturday, May 3.  Now in its 31st year, the annual event hosted by Trinity Episcopal Church showcases some of the town’s most distinguished homes, both old and new, as well as the City Square Community Garden. “This…

Piano virtuoso to perform Sunday at Trinity
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Piano virtuoso to perform Sunday at Trinity

The Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts will feature American Piano Awards finalist Sasha Kasman Laude at a concert this Sunday, April 13 at 4 p.m. ET at Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola. Born in 1995 in Moscow to a pair of accomplished pianists, Sasha moved with her family to America after her father…

City celebrates re-opening of Leslie Street
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City celebrates re-opening of Leslie Street

It wasn’t an ordinary ribbon cutting for just an ordinary street. Rather, at a small gathering of Apalachicola and Franklin County leaders Monday morning, the ribbon was cut on the recently completed reopening of Leslie Street, a small street that runs alongside the Franklin County courthouse in Apalachicola. For the past five years, this short…

Forgotten Coast En Plein Air unites art and community
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Forgotten Coast En Plein Air unites art and community

The 20th annual Forgotten Coast En Plein Air wrapped up another inspiring year last month, celebrating the breathtaking landscapes and rich culture of Florida’s Forgotten Coast.  This premier plein air festival brought together talented artists, passionate collectors, and engaged community members, all sharing a love for artistic expression and coastal heritage. The event kicked off…

Murals commemorate influential Hill leaders
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Murals commemorate influential Hill leaders

Drive through the heart of the Hill neighborhood in Apalachicola, the traditional home of the city’s Black community, and on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, between Seventh and Eighth Streets you’ll see three works of art featuring people you may not be familiar with. But those who grew up on the Hill, these men…

Alabama singer-songwriter to perform Sunday
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Alabama singer-songwriter to perform Sunday

The Ilse Newell Fund for the Performing Arts will feature singer-songwriter Abe Patridge at a concert this Sunday, March 30 at 4 p.m. ET at Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola. A musician as well as visual artist and storyteller based in Mobile, Alabama, Partridge has toured throughout the U.S. and Europe since the release of…

Miller named to top job at ANERR
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Miller named to top job at ANERR

After two decades at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, the last 10 years as manager, Jenna Harper has been appointed to a deputy director post with the Florida Department of Environmental Protection in Tallahassee. Succeeding her in the manager post at ANERR is Kim Miller, who brings to the task 24 years of service…

Apalachicola hustles to remedy stinky water
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Apalachicola hustles to remedy stinky water

A lot of residents in Apalachicola have noses like Aaron Matt and his daughter.  “The water is absolutely disgusting, and it has been for at least a month or so, maybe more,” he said. “Several months ago I would notice it every so often after washing clothes, and I just thought the washing machine was…

Apalachicola hires Brillhart as city manager
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Apalachicola hires Brillhart as city manager

The Apalachicola city commission has turned to a veteran administrator of both city and governments to become its new city manager. By a 3-1 vote at a special meeting March 4, the commissioners voted in favor of a motion by commissioner Despina George to extend an employment offer to Michael Brillhart, 45, who currently serves…

Prescribed burns today in Franklin County
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Prescribed burns today in Franklin County

Two prescribed burns are slated for Franklin County today. Jerry Pitts, at the Box-R Wildlife Management Area, said a 250-acre prescribed burn will be conducted at the Box-R WMA on the western edge of the county. Nathan Kastenholz, lead area biologist at the Apalachicola River Wildlife and Environmental Area said a prescribed burn will be…