A newly introduced drug and alcohol treatment program for inpatients at Weems Memorial Hospital drew heightened scrutiny from county commissioners last week. Introduced on the county commission agenda days prior to the March 7 meeting, the item brought before commissioners the top leadership of Weems, including hospital CEO David Walker and Director of Nursing Courtney…
Whether you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s Day or just hanging out with friends and family, Gulf and Franklin counties have a lot going on this weekend. St. Patty’s Day Pet Parade The WindMark Beach Community Social Committee will be hosting their second annual St. Patrick’s Day Pet Parade on Friday, March 17 at 4 p.m….
In a criminal case, they call it “reasonable doubt” and you have to get beyond it. In civil matters, it’s called “a preponderance of the evidence” and you have to have a whole mess of it. Neither is the same as 100 percent, iron-clad, take-it-to-the-bank certainly, but it makes you wonder. It’s pretty safe to…
They had all just been small-town boys growing up in Carrabelle, born either just before or not long after World War II, and when it came time to answer their nation’s call, fresh out of high school, they did so. Their fight was a far less popular war than the one of their fathers, and…
This Thursday, March 16 at 6 p.m., the Apalachicola Library will host a ‘HerStory’ event with visiting professor Dr. Cynthia Patterson, speaking on her research into various women’s groups in early 1900’s Apalachicola. Patterson chiefly studied the Black and African American women’s groups which received press in the Apalachicola Times, most notably from 1901-1904. The library…
Special to the Times The 18th annual Forgotten Coast en Plein Air event March 17 to 26 will bring artists of international acclaim to capture the natural beauty, character and local culture of the region through the plein air tradition. While for artists, the Forgotten Coast is heaven, the event is far from a one-sided…
The Eastpoint Water and Sewer District won’t be dissolving this summer after all. By a unanimous vote last month in the Florida House, 113-0, and in the Senate, 34-0, the Florida Legislature approved HB 13B, sponsored by State Rep. Jason Shoaf (R-Port St. Joe). Both he and State Sen. Corey Simon (R-Tallahassee) had agreed to…
A little more than two years since the state ordered a five-year closure of Apalachicola Bay to wild-caught oyster harvesting, the watermen who work the reefs are getting tired of it. The anger was palpable Feb. 28, in a large room at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve, as about 20 members of the Seafood…
Remember to set your clocks one hour ahead this Sunday, and don’t forget to check out some of these local events either. Have an event coming up you want us to share? Send details to [email protected] Apalachicola Farmers Market Saturday The Apalachicola Farmers Market is this Saturday, March 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at…
A 24-year-old Panama City man, on trial last week for sexual battery offenses against two youth that could have put him behind bars for life, has been acquitted of all charges. The four-man, two woman took just under two hours Friday morning to find Brandon Austin James not guilty of two counts of sexual battery…
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