‘Cases of Love’ donated to Hurricane Helene victims
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‘Cases of Love’ donated to Hurricane Helene victims

The community service mission of Lanark Village Wandering Star Quilters has been to support a need within Franklin County.  This time, however, it was to support residents in Taylor County who were devastated by the Category 4 Hurricane Helene on Sept. 26.  Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith referred the guild to Pastor Davy Cannon with…

Dramatic rescue made of stranded boater
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Dramatic rescue made of stranded boater

It was a pretty dramatic rescue of a man having medical issues on a boat in Apalachicola Bay Oct. 7, but thanks to the work of law enforcement people, it ended well. At nearly 7 p.m. ET, the Tallahassee Regional Communications Center received a call referencing that Thomas Bush, an 81-year-old man from Clearwater, had…

Record turnout expected for election
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Record turnout expected for election

Tuesday’s Nov. 5 general election is already breaking records. As of Monday in Franklin County, more than 37.5 percent of the county’s 7,240 active eligible voters had cast ballots, with 1,538 casting them at early voting locations at the supervisor of elections office in Apalachicola and at the Carrabelle annex. Another 1,174 had voted by…

Festival royalty brings seafood pedigree
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Festival royalty brings seafood pedigree

You don’t get more of a deep lineage in Franklin County’s seafood industry than the royal family that will reign over the 61st annual Florida Seafood Festival this weekend in Apalachicola. The newly crowned Miss Florida Seafood, Franklin County High School senior Olivia Poloronis, has roots in the industry that extend back more than a…

Moreno and Viator redeem themselves with Redfish Cup win
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Moreno and Viator redeem themselves with Redfish Cup win

The letters R-E-D begin both the target species and the term of motivation that drove Gary Moreno and Tony Viator to victory at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay last weekend. After finishing last in the 2023 event at South Carolina’s Winyah Bay, the Texas anglers came to town…

Village kicks off Halloween in style
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Village kicks off Halloween in style

Hi Y’all, Lanark has bustled into October, and we don’t even have many of our snowbirds yet. Happy Halloween started with the Lanark Village Golf Club sponsoring a “Trunk or Treat” for the little ones. Many spooky costumed volunteers were on hand with lots of treats and games.  Just down the road, the St. James…

Blackwell carries on Still Waters suspense series
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Blackwell carries on Still Waters suspense series

On the upcoming busy Florida Seafood Festival weekend, be sure to carve out time for a special author event at Apalachicola’s Downtown Books.  Axel Blackwell will be there at 11 a.m. ET on Saturday, Nov. 2, to sign copies of the books he co-wrote with the late Dawn Lee McKenna.  He and Dawn’s daughter Kat…

Patience, persistence move Frenette and Robinson into lead at Redfish Cup 
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Patience, persistence move Frenette and Robinson into lead at Redfish Cup 

The mental calculation of when to stay/when to go required a different formula than it did on Day 1, but Michael Frenette and Mark Robinson made the numbers work.  In so doing, they tallied a two-day total of 23 pounds, 6 ounces and took over the Day 2 lead at the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup…

Seattle man ratchets up sign stealing 
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Seattle man ratchets up sign stealing 

As anyone familiar with Franklin and Gulf counties well knows, stealing political signs around election time is a time-dishonored tradition, affecting local, state and national candidates. But one Seattle, Washington man decided earlier this month to pump things up a bit. On Oct. 16, Michael Todd Castle, 53, of Seattle, Washington, in Carrabelle aboard a…

Democrats rally in Apalachicola forum
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Democrats rally in Apalachicola forum

With there remaining very few doubts that Donald Trump will carry both Franklin and Gulf counties in his bid for the presidency, due to the overwhelming number of voters registered with the GOP, the Democrats turned to a tri-county rally last week at the Fort Coombs Armory to gin up support for local candidates. Presented…