More than a decade after the last Bay Point Billfish Tournament, a new Blue Marlin tournament is coming back to the newly rebuilt docks at Point South Marina at Bay Point. A local group of four is spearheading the charge to put together The Bay Point Billfish Open, a weeklong dock party and fishing tournament…
The kitchen at the Holy Family Senior Center was busy in 2022, serving over 26,000 meals to homebound seniors. And now, thanks to funds donated by the J. Ben Watkins Private Foundation, the facility now has a commercial grade stove and oven, sure to boost the array of food options in the year to come. …
It’s the first full weekend of the new year! There will be lots going on in Gulf and Franklin Counties. Island lighthouse hosts full moon climb The January Sunset and Full Moon Climb at the Cape St. George Lighthouse will be Friday, Jan. 6, beginning at 5:30 p.m. and running until 7:30 p.m. Fifteen-minute time…
The Carrabelle Branch of the Franklin County Public Libraries will host a writers’ series “Pen to Paper” from January through May 2023. Kicking off this exciting series, on Monday, January 9 at 2 p.m, will be a panel of five local authors, featuring Dawn Radford, Tiffany Jo Howell, D.J. Mays, Sidsel ‘Sid’ McOmie and Anthony…
It was a tearful goodbye for Pamela Brownell Tuesday morning, as she retired from Franklin County Emergency Management after 17 years, the last decade as its director. “Start enjoying your life,” said Commissioner Cheryl Sanders. “Know in your heart when you go to bed, you made the best decisions you could. We’re only as good…
On Sunday, Jan. 8, the Billboard-charting saxophonist Chris Godber and his band are presenting a concert of smooth jazz music at 4 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church. Godber, a Panama City resident, started playing sax at age 12 when he lived in Germany. His 2015 album “Starting Over” launched his ascent into the smooth jazz…
There is no question that the biggest story of 2022 was a lot of smaller stories that formed a constellation that twinkled in the skies above Franklin County. Call this celestial gathering of stars “Emptor,” Latin for buyer, or “Venditor,” meaning seller, or even “Marcator,” merchant. Whatever you call this constellation, that perceived arrangement of…
Rachel Crisp did the seventh annual Polar Plunge on the Cape Sunday morning, but not for long. “His goal was two minutes,” she said, pointing out the two others in her trio, Douglas Boyce and Amy Empric. “Hers is 10 seconds and mine is zero seconds,” said Crisp. “I am going to have everything set…
It was the closest Franklin County came to a white Christmas, with the whiteness of ice glistening throughout the land and sea. The temperatures dipped into the low 20s in the days leading up to Christmas, and began warming the day after, and continued all week. Here are some examples around the county of the…
Franklin County’s unemployment remained steady at 2.4 percent in September, according to a recent release from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity.
Six people were added to the …
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