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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
One of our local fishermen, David Mason, had a great trip with red snapper last weekend. He had several keepers with a nine-pounder topping the limit. He reports several vermillion being caught on live bait and cut bait. Inshore, trout and redfish are being caught just about anywhere there is water. White trout are under…
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…
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…
Ryan Rickard knew that a second title would not be spoon-fed to him, so he and partner Patrick Marsonek played a savvy game and positioned themselves well with a two-fish limit of 11 pounds, 4 ounces that leads Day 1 of the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay. Qualifying through…
At a community-wide prayer service Oct. 17 at Redemption Point – Eastpoint Church of God, the Franklin County Republican Party joined in praying for fair elections, for the county and for defeat of Issues 3 and 4, which call for placing in the Florida constitution the right to an abortion and for use of recreational…
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