Following a strongly worded letter from the commissioner of the Florida Department of Education, the Franklin County Schools have said they will not be moving forward with a proposal to implement a four-day school week next fall. On May 9. Superintendent Steve Lanier received a letter from Education Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. asking that he…
Do you know the definitions of nouns, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions and interjections? Students in grades three through eight at Apalachicolal’s First Baptist Christian School do, and they brought their understanding to life with a class musical April 25 in the church sanctuary, directed by Principal Carline Kembro. Entitled “The Case of the…
The eighth annual St. George Island Brewfest, a seaside celebration of craft beer, and the largest annual fundraiser for the Franklin County Humane Society, broke several significant records at the April 26 event. Brewfest Committee President Amy Hodson said a record $90,000 was raised in 2025, breaking last year’s record of $70,000 by a staggering…
They came to pet snakes, to look closely at the many creatures that live beneath the sea, to play games in the park and most of all to learn. On May 2, the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve once again hosted its annual Estuaries Day, a celebration of hands-on learning conducted by staffers and volunteers…
Hi Y’all, I hope your Mother’s Day was filled with love, whether it was for you or from you. The snowbirds are leaving, and things are calming down a bit. They will be missed. Now that the fun has lessened, it is a good time to get down to more serious matters in Lanark. Hurricane…
In a series of three town hall meetings held last week throughout Franklin County, the public got a chance to ask questions and offer comments on the proposed four-day school week. While the attendance by teachers was strong, and that of parents limited, several people spoke out against the plan, and several for it, at…
To prepare the community for natural disasters, the Franklin County Florida Emergency Management organization hosted their third Build A Bucket event, this time on the eastern end of the county. The Saturday event at the former Carrabelle High School football field provided a newly featured POD (Point of Distribution) exercise, created to simulate the designated…
The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce honored its 2025 Volunteer Award winners on April 19 at the 26th Apalachicola Boat & Car Show, which kicked off Franklin County Volunteer Week. Receiving the Nancy Hodgson Lifetime Volunteer Award, at right, was Carrabelle’s Tamara Allen, active with history and cultural enrichment efforts throughout the county. The Volunteers…
At the first of a series of public workshops throughout the Panhandle on oyster management and regulation, residents of the Forgotten Coast got a glimpse last month of what Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission staffers are envisioning as conditions for re-opening Apalachicola Bay to harvesting in 2026 following a five-year moratorium. Using a clicker…
On Monday, a Florida administrative law judge issued a recommended order with extensive findings of fact, recommending that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection deny an oil drilling permit for a wildcat well located within the Apalachicola River floodplain. Apalachicola Riverkeeper filed an administrative action challenging Clearwater Land and Minerals’ oil drilling permit, after the…
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