The Penny’s Worth thrift shop at 195 Avenue E in Apalachicola, an outreach of Trinity Episcopal Church, is getting ready for the Christmas holiday with a complete assortment of festive gifts for family and friends to go along with its usual offerings of gently used clothing, and lots of items for home and kitchen. In…
With the return of sophomore sensation Sadiq Jones from a collarbone break earlier in the season, Franklin County was primed to make a strong stand against the Fort Meade Miners Friday night, in the second round of the Rural B Bracket tournament. And that’s what they did for the first three quarters of play, bringing…
Voicing general support for the idea, Franklin County commissioners signaled earlier this month that they would like to explore whether employees at Weems Memorial Hospital could become county staffers and receive the benefits of the state retirement system. As it stands now, the hospital, while owned by the county, is a separate entity and while…
Members of the Porch Fest Apalach committee, from left, Heidi Nippe, Mick Barlament, Bonnie Kellogg, Cameron Baxley, and Marti Hoffman present Bring Me A Book Forgotten Coast’s Karen Kessel, second from right, with a check for $14,691 to support children’s literacy in Franklin and Gulf counties. (Not pictured is Liz Perkins). This money was raised…
Hi Y’all, Happy Thanksgiving! I am so thankful for my family, my home, my friends, and the life God has given me. On Saturday, Nov. 30, the Lanark Village Wandering Star Quilters will have its Holiday Bazaar from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. ET at the Lanark Village Boat Club, 2364 Hwy 98. The quilting…
The Apalachicola Farmers Market is this Saturday, Nov. 23 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. ET at the Mill Pond Pavilion at the end of Market Street. For more info email farmersmarket@cityofapalachicola.com.
From one corner of the Forgotten Coast to the other, Franklin and Gulf counties took time out on Veterans Day to honor the service of their many veterans of military service. Franklin County Schools held their program at the high school Nov. 9, and the First Baptist Christian Schools held their on Monday morning, Nov….
The Apalachee Regional Planning Council, based in Tallahassee, has received the 2024 Aliceann Wohlbruck Impact Award from the National Association of Development Organizations for a Franklin County project. ARPC geospatial staff developed a Franklin County Zoning Map Look Up application, digitizing paper maps to allow local governments and citizens to easily access zoning maps, and…
Unemployment along the Forgotten Coast showed little change last month. According to preliminary data released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, Gulf County’s jobless rate remained at 3.1 percent in September, while in Franklin, it dropped a tiny bit, from 3.6 to 3.5 percent. In Gulf County, four people left the jobless rolls,…
I t all started when Phil Shelly, who heads up the Experimental Aircraft Association chapter at the Apalachicola Regional Airport, got together with Franklin County Commissioner Ottice Amison several months ago to discuss scheduling a modest fly-in to the airport. Later at the annual Chef’s Sampler in early spring, the two would meet with Steve…
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