The Survival Flight air ambulance crew from Blountstown landed near Salinas Park last month and took their sweet time doing it. There was no hurry, no emergency, just a pleasant opportunity on April 18 to demonstrate to firefighters and first responders from South Gulf Rescue, the Dalkeith Volunteer Fire Department and the Gulf County Sheriff’s…
Kids take in annual scientific exploration The Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve in Eastpoint was once again jammed with eager students and their fascinated parents from Gulf and Franklin counties as they came by to celebrate National Estuaries Day on Friday afternoon, May 3. This free, fun and educational event features stations that gave hands-on…
Through June 1, the Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum will present a special exhibit on the most violent and costliest campaign of World War II, the battle to take Okinawa. The battle started with the capture of the Kerama Islands by the 77th infantry Division on March 26, 1945, and ended 98 days…
An Apalachicola Bay Charter School fourth grader has won the district 4-H public speaking competition in Wakulla County, the first time a Franklin County student has won at the district level. Kami Poloronis, who lives in Eastpoint, was the judges’ choice out of all the fourth and fifth graders from six neighboring counties with her…
Leaping and weaving across the makeshift stage at the Matchbox, the former Apalachicola High School gym, dancers from age 3 to 20 delighted a packed audience Saturday and Sunday, April 27 and 28. It was the annual Spring Showcase performed by dancers from Forgotten Coast Performing Arts, the studio under the guidance of Helen Willis…
Carrabelle City Commissioner Anthony “Tony” Millender was selected by the city commission May 2 as the city’s interim mayor. Millender will serve as interim mayor-commissioner until the November election. Because he had to resign from his commissioner seat to serve as interim mayor, this left open his commission seat. Commissioners appointed former Carrabelle Mayor Mel…
The future of health care in Franklin County is increasingly filling up the plate of the county commission. A proposal introduced last month by the company that has run Weems Memorial Hospital for several years, asks that they be able to operate a new structure as a Rural Emergency Hospital should the county and Weems…
The students and faculty of the LPN to ADN Program Class of Spring 2024 at Gulf Coast State College marked their pinning ceremony Wednesday afternoon, May 1 at the Gulf/Franklin Campus. This program enables licensed practical nurses to become professional registered nurses and obtain their associate of science degrees in nursing. These graduates are now…
Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith has released the name of the man whose body was found floating Monday afternoon by law enforcement officials in Apalachicola’s Mill Pond, just off Scipio Creek. In a Facebook post, the sheriff said the body has been identified at that of Derwin Black, 22. He said Black had lived in…
A longtime Franklin County school bus driver will face a hearing before a Tallahassee administrative law judge, and possible termination by the school board, after an investigation by school officials found multiple instances of her using her cell phone while driving a bus. At the March 28 school board meeting, the board voted 3-2 to…
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