Franklin County upped its record to 3-0 with two wins on the road last week. On Dec. 3 in Tallahassee, the Seahawks downed Community Leadership Academy 59-48. The team was led by sophomore Sadiq Jones with 15 points, six rebounds and three steals. Freshman Braelin Morris added 10 points and seven rebounds, while freshman Kayden…
From Wewahitchka to Alligator Point, the Forgotten Coast is getting into the Christmas spirit. The Festival of the Trees will wrap up at the Joe Center of the Arts this Saturday at 4 p.m., after marking the Jingle at the Joe Thursday, when the silent auction closes and the People’s Choice will be announced. Also…
The Franklin County School Senior Beta Club met last Friday with Lynn Wilder, from Keep Franklin County Beautiful, for a “Trash Mob,” which is a group clean-up effort. The club chose Millender Park in Eastpoint for clean-up. “Now, they would like to challenge other groups or organizations in the community to pick a location for…
Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County and SGI United Methodist Church present the last Coffee House Concert of 2024 on Friday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. ET at Holy Family Senior Center. All donations at the door will purchase food for the daily lunches served at Holy Family and delivered to over 80 homebound…
Hi Y’all, It is beginning to feel like Christmas… up north. Yes, we have had some cooler days, but after all, it is Florida. It will give us some nice days. The Lanark Village Association had its monthly members meeting Monday, Dec. 2, and the 2025 board was elected. Kathy Brown was voted in as…
Editor’s Note: Apalachicola photojournalist Richard Bickel last month completed his 15th trip to Cuba on the heels of two hurricanes, an earthquake and a national power grid failure. He said conditions were the worst that he’s seen in his 30 years of travel to the communist island. In the far-flung fishing village of Puerto Esperanza…
They call it the “orphan” Thanksgiving because every Turkey Day for the last several years in Apalachicola, there’s been a get-together to bring friends and strangers together, those who otherwise might not have a place to eat, to mark that great American holiday. Originally, it was a labor of love put together by hospitality people,…
Earlier this year, things didn’t look so good for the scores of students taking part in Apalachicola’s Project Impact after-school program. The program, which was run under the auspices of a 21st Century Community Learning Center grant that had been awarded to the city of Apalachicola, had come up short in points awarded when it…
A handful of residents of the Plantation gated community on St. George Island who own property along the Gulf of Mexico are suing their homeowners association in a case that could lead to greater restrictions on who can use portions of the beachfront behind their homes. Attorney William Dunaway, with Clark Partington, a firm with…
The Christmas season opened with a breath of fresh air from the North Pole, as temperatures dropped as low as 41 degrees in Apalachicola Friday. But the cold didn’t deter an enormous crowd to gather in Apalachicola’s Riverfront Park in the afternoon for the annual arrival, the day after Thanksgiving, of Santa Claus aboard a…
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