Secret compartments inside of ourselves
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Secret compartments inside of ourselves

Aboard my boat “Lily,” we take folks on eco-tours up the Apalachicola River into the pristine 246,000-acre  estuarine reserve on average of some 125 times a year. We’ve operated for 13 years. My license allows us to take six folks so let’s say we average three folks per cruise. If you multiply that out, that’s…

Military tradition flourishing in Franklin
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Military tradition flourishing in Franklin

It’s a Florida county with a rich military tradition, dating back to the men who served in both the Union and Confederate armies buried in its cemeteries. From the heroes of World War I and II, to those trained in the 1940s at Camp Gordon Johnston for landings in the Pacific, to the groundbreaking U-2…

Update: Ozark, Alabama men involved in boat accident on river
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Update: Ozark, Alabama men involved in boat accident on river

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has released the names of the two men involved in a single vessel boating accident on the Apalachicola River Saturday afternoon. The FWC said the vessel, with two adult males on board, collided with a tree leaning over the river, sometime before 4 p.m. Gary R. Tibbetts, 64,…

Taylor takes top prizes at Pork Off
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Taylor takes top prizes at Pork Off

For the 10th time in the 11-year history of the Pink Out, the county’s premier fundraiser to fight breast cancer held in October, they gathered on Labor Day for the preliminary event.The 10th annual Pork Off, held at Paddy’s Raw Bar on St. George Island, was created to raise the funds needed to cover the…

Carrabelle bicyclist struck and killed by pick-up
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Carrabelle bicyclist struck and killed by pick-up

A 58-year-old Carrabelle man riding a bicycle out of his driveway on County Road 67 was struck and killed by a pickup truck Wednesday afternoon. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 5:35 p.m. the bicyclist was traveling east out of a driveway in the 1600 block of CR 67…

Alligator Point parties at new station
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Alligator Point parties at new station

The action at the new Alligator Point – St. Teresa Volunteer Fire Department’s new fire station Saturday afternoon was not about firefighters suiting up on a moment’s notice to rush off to a blaze, or first responders hurrying off to handle an urgent medical call. At least not yet. Rather, it was a giant party…

Truck hits Eastpoint man in bicycle accident
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Truck hits Eastpoint man in bicycle accident

A 23-year-old Eastpoint man was critically injured early Tuesday morning when the adult tricycle he was riding was hit by a pick-up truck on U.S. 98 in Eastpoint. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, the bicyclist, who was not wearing a helmet, was traveling east on U.S. 98 at about 6:07…

County on verge of buying Eastpoint bank building
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County on verge of buying Eastpoint bank building

Franklin County commissioners are about to buy the former Gulf State Community Bank building in Eastpoint, and relocate some county departments there. At a special meeting Aug. 23, commissioners gave the unanimous go-ahead to a possible purchase of the building, for roughly $1 million. Commissioner Noah Lockley was absent. County Attorney Michael Shuler said he…

Alligator Point to celebrate new firehouse Saturday
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Alligator Point to celebrate new firehouse Saturday

The Alligator Point – St. Teresa Volunteer Fire Department is all suited up for a big celebratory open house this Saturday for its new fire station.The open house, to be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the new fire station at 101 Tom Roberts Road, will give kids and adults alike to check…

Chasing Shadows: Apalachicola Exchange honors 19th century hotel
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Chasing Shadows: Apalachicola Exchange honors 19th century hotel

It will cost considerably more than 50 cents a night, and it won’t come complete with “genuine liquors of the choicest quality” or “delicacies of the market served up in the best style.” But the three newly-opened short-term rentals at the corner of Fourth Street and Avenue C in Apalachicola, known as the Apalachicola Exchange,…