The Penny’s Worth thrift shop at 195 Avenue E in Apalachicola, an outreach of Trinity Episcopal Church, is getting ready for the Christmas holiday with a complete assortment of festive gifts for family and friends to go along with its usual offerings of gently used clothing, and lots of items for home and kitchen. In…
With the return of sophomore sensation Sadiq Jones from a collarbone break earlier in the season, Franklin County was primed to make a strong stand against the Fort Meade Miners Friday night, in the second round of the Rural B Bracket tournament. And that’s what they did for the first three quarters of play, bringing…
Voicing general support for the idea, Franklin County commissioners signaled earlier this month that they would like to explore whether employees at Weems Memorial Hospital could become county staffers and receive the benefits of the state retirement system. As it stands now, the hospital, while owned by the county, is a separate entity and while…
The Apalachee Regional Planning Council, based in Tallahassee, has received the 2024 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for a Franklin County project. ARPC geospatial staff developed a Franklin County Zoning Map Look Up application, digitizing paper maps to allow local governments and citizens to easily access zoning maps, and…
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 3.1 percent in September, while in Franklin, it dropped a tiny bit, from 3.6 to 3.5 percent. In Gulf County, four people left the jobless rolls,…
Most people know Millender & Sons Seafood as a fixture in the Carrabelle community, having provided quality seafood to its customers since 1942. But what they may not know is Millender & Sons Seafood has also been a great supporter of the Carrabelle Food Panty for over 20 years, by allowing the pantry to use…
The Franklin’s Promise Coalition’s OysterCorps is among 10 organizations across the state to share in $285,000 in grants from the Duke Energy Foundation. The funding is part of Duke Energy’s investment to support the environmental vitality and resiliency of communities across Florida. The grant recipients have initiatives focused on improving Florida’s habitat and waterways through…
Lighthouse glows with Lantern Fest Seventeen years after it first started in 2007, Lantern Fest, an outdoor festival known for its display of colorful, hanging lanterns, once again illuminated the night surrounding the Crooked River Lighthouse outside Carrabelle. The brainchild of Carrabelle artist Joan Matey, with contributions by local artists, the festival on Saturday night, Nov….
Forehand, Cook elected tax collectors If there was any question that Democrats still held a seat at the elected officials’ tables in Franklin and Gulf counties, it was answered last week at the ballot box. Republicans took both of the countywide tax collector spots up for grabs in the two counties, as well as the…
Voters in both Gulf and Franklin counties gave an overwhelming endorsement of the school tax measures that were on last week’s ballot. In Gulf County, more than 80 percent of voters, or 6,865, gave a thumbs-up to renewing for another four years the one-mill levy for operational costs, just as they have consistently since 2008….
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