On Aug. 11, Governor Ron DeSantis’s office announced Florida is extending the 2023 recreational gulf red snapper season by 17 days, adding every Friday through Saturday in September, Labor Day, and Thanksgiving Day to the previously announced season. The 2023 season now totals 87 days, the longest combined season since the state assumed management of…
EDITOR’S NOTE — THIS REPORT HAS BEEN UPDATED FROM AN EARLIER VERSION TO REMOVE AN INACCURATE STATEMENT REFERENCING BUSINESS INVOLVEMENTS IN FRANKLIN COUNTY OF AN UNRELATED COMPANY, EDGEWATER GROUP LLC, A feasibility study for a waterfront resort development on St. George Island, complete with marina, has begun to attract attention around the county, although a…
It’s been a labor of love, an act of providence, a modernizing and an upgrading, and at a festive celebration Sunday, attended by the bishop, St. Patrick Catholic Church put a giant exclamation point to the nearly two-year-old effort. “It’s beautiful,” said Bishop William Wack, who oversees the Catholic Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee, as he enjoyed…
Emergency medical responders struggled for more than two hours to save the life of a 35-year-old Apalachicola woman, who was found by her friend floating unresponsive in the surf off St. George Island Monday afternoon. According to an incident report from the Franklin County Sheriff’s Office, Chrystin Dawn Ferari was swam back to the beach…
The torch has been passed to a new generation of leaders, as the county’s two American Legion posts each have new commanders to lead them through the days ahead. Last week, on Thursday, July 27, Mark Shields, who served with an Army Reserve medical unit, conducted a meeting of about a dozen members of Willoughby…
Members of a Tallahassee family suffered serious injuries following a Friday evening collision on U.S. 98 that backed up traffic for about three miles. According to information released Saturday afternoon by the Florida Highway Patrol, and by people on the scene, the two vehicles collided head-on at just after 8:30 p.m. on 98, at the…
Faced with robust growth in the county tax base of nearly 15 percent, commissioners decided at last week’s day-long budget workshop to speed up the granting of employee pay hikes it originally planned to spread out over five years. With unanimous support, commissioners backed going beyond granting the raises initially planned for the 2023-24 fiscal…
A hometown girl made good will highlight a Friday evening, Aug. 4 concert at the Holy Family Senior Center as part of a benefit for the Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County. The 6 p.m. concert, known as “Pixie Sings the Blues and Pop,” will feature Mary Mathis, born in Apalachicola as the youngest…
The Franklin County unemployment rate stayed unchanged in June, and that meant it now has the third lowest jobless rate in Florida. According to data released last week by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the county’s jobless rate remained at 2.5 percent last month, as the labor force increased to 5,099, which is 97…
About a month after moving down here, Lee Deitrick died from drowning after jumping off the fishing pier in Eastpoint Monday afternoon, July 17. His 33-year-old body, much of it expertly tattooed by his own hand, was recovered by sheriff’s deputies a few hours later, after searching for it together with officers from the Fish…
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