Spared a hit from Category 4 storm In a remarkable display of preparedness, the Forgotten Coast, particularly Franklin County, obeyed the warnings from emergency management officials in advance of Hurricane Helene, with a large number complying with mandatory evaluation orders after boarding up their homes and businesses. What was even more remarkable, was that a…
Hi Y’all, it is good to be back after evacuating to Biloxi, Mississippi on Wednesday of last week. More so, because the Lanark area was spared, this is the first hurricane in the 10 years I have lived here that I evacuated, leaving with visions of Mexico Beach in my head. Coming home to see…
The Friends of the Franklin County Public Libraries will present author and living history interpreter, Robert Jacob, on Monday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. ET to share an engaging program about the Pirates of Florida at the Eastpoint branch. Jacob, an award-winning author known for his expertise in pirate history, will share tales of daring…
A Thursday evening fire in Apalachicola, ignited around the time the entire county was bracing for the impact of Hurricane Helene, managed to be brought under control by volunteer firefighters. According to George Watkins, fire chief of the Apalachicola Volunteer Fire Department, the call came in about 9:30 p.m. on Sept. 26, that smoke had…
As of 11:30 p.m. ET, about 3,500 customers in Franklin County are without power. According to FindEnergy.com, an independent organization with no utility or consumer advocacy influence, 3,516 out of 22,756 tracked meters, or roughly 15.4%, were without power in Franklin County. The outages were for customers of Duke Energy, which serves 11,403 customers in…
At about 11:10 p.m., Hurricane Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane, According to the National Hurricane Center, the hurricane came ashore just east of the mouth of the Aucilla River, about 10 miles west-southwest of Perry, “Even with the shift, the eastern end of the county is still expected to get a very…
Prompted by the recent death of an Apalachicola man on a downtown street due to a cardiac event, the Weems HealthCare Foundation has invested in community safety by strategically placing the first of what it hopes will be a series of automated external defibrillators in public locations throughout the county. The first AED was unveiled…
The Bay Area Choral Society has begun rehearsing for their 2024-25 season. The Christmas concert this year will be on Friday, Dec. 13, at 6 p.m. ET at First United Methodist Church of Port St. Joe, and Sunday, Dec. 15 at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Apalachicola. One of the featured pieces of…
Hi Y’all, As the first day of autumn is almost here, our calendars will begin filling up. Lanark will start this season with clean beach accesses, thanks to the eight volunteers who were out on the beach early Saturday morning. Great news! The beach and water access were cleaner with less trash and debris this…
Amidst the heightened attention on the presidential choice on the Nov. 5 ballot, voters in both Franklin and Gulf counties will also have an important decision to make regarding school taxes. In both cases, superintendents are stressing that if voters approve the proposed levies, property taxes will remain unchanged since the school districts are clamping…
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