With the resignation of Apalachicola’s chief building official moving on to another job, the city’s building department is an ideal position to make changes to how it handles the entire building approval process. For some, they will be much overdue. Tammy Owens stepped down as building inspector July 14, believed to be for another job…
Allan Feifer, the face of the Concerned Citizens of Franklin County ever since its founding 22 years ago, is stepping down, making way for new leadership under the direction of local realtor Mason Bean. The CCFC, founded in 2001 to encourage “better and more fiscally responsive government in Franklin County,” plans to continue its mission…
Rain and cooler weather is usually not desirable on summer vacation spots like St. George Island, but it ushered in perfect weather for the annual St. George Island Sizzler 5K & One Mile Fun Run Saturday afternoon. A “Chill Room” trailer set up and manned by the first responders from the island’s volunteer fire department…
In January 2023, when the Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted the Florida BBQ Association Butts & Clucks Cook-Off on the Bay at Battery Park, there were more than just competitors on hand. Food Network and Iron Chef Michael Symon, a popular Food Network personality was there, part of a journey begun in September 2022…
In a major step forward for the so-called “Boss Oyster Marina,” the Florida Department of Environmental Protection on Monday served notice to the developers that they intend to grant both an Environmental Resource Permit and a lease to use sovereign submerged lands to the project. The word came in a July 17 report issued by…
By Gill Autrey Guest Columnist Certain times of the year I come under a great deal of pressure causing undue stress. Like for instance, the weeks leading up to Lane’s birthday and I can’t think of anything to give her. We don’t give expensive gifts, we opt for something special. Her birthday is Sept. 10…
Sarah Messer finished her full day of cleaning houses on St. George Island Saturday with a trip to the Resort Vacation Properties of St. George Island by Vacasa’s bin in Eastpoint.Messer had bags full of soiled linens, which she collected from two large houses she cleaned on the island.These are busy days for Messer, who…
Last week Justin Furman, the 40-year-old owner of a pair of burger restaurants in North Carolina, met up with St. George Island deejay, skimboarder and icon of hipness Chip Sanders to talk. Furman had just cut a three-year deal with Havard Spencer, owner of Harry A’s Bar and Night Club on the island, to lease…
It was once the home of one of Apalachicola’s most beloved women, and it will soon have a new life on the Hill. The 1,100-square-foot home of the late Voncile McLeod, built in 1950 by her husband James Carol McLeod, was moved May 25 from where it sat at 10 Sixth Street to a vacant…
Unlike those who rest in eternity in the graves beneath him, Jonathan Appell does not seem to ever sleep. Zooming like a bee through Chestnut Cemetery, alighting on one gravestone to the next, Appell conducted a fascinating workshop Saturday morning for the Apalachicola Area Historical Society’s Cemetery Committee, providing a detailed insight into the composition…
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