As anyone familiar with Franklin and Gulf counties well knows, stealing political signs around election time is a time-dishonored tradition, affecting local, state and national candidates. But one Seattle, Washington man decided earlier this month to pump things up a bit. On Oct. 16, Michael Todd Castle, 53, of Seattle, Washington, in Carrabelle aboard a…
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 3.2 percent in September, while in Franklin, it ticked upward a tiny bit, from 3.6 to 3.7 percent. In Gulf County, four people left the jobless…
With there remaining very few doubts that Donald Trump will carry both Franklin and Gulf counties in his bid for the presidency, due to the overwhelming number of voters registered with the GOP, the Democrats turned to a tri-county rally last week at the Fort Coombs Armory to gin up support for local candidates. Presented…
Students at the Apalachicola Bay Charter School are glowing eerily in the dark, but it’s not from the drinking water or from getting too close to radioactive plutonium. It’s actually being infused by their teachers, as part of a schoolwide effort that stems from ideas that about two dozen members of the faculty gleaned from…
Hi Y’all, I want to refresh you on the up-and-coming events in Lanark. I have been traveling but I will be home for all these great events. On Monday, Oct. 21 at Chillas Hall starting at 6:30 p.m. ET there will be a civic meeting with local leaders to discuss matters that concern our Lanark…
Offshore, Capt. Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay PSJ charters has been tearing up the red snapper. He had another good week by putting several limits in the cooler. One of our local fishermen, Spencer Wheeless, took a group 25 miles offshore and caught a nice 7-pound triggerfish and a limit of amberjacks. Inshore, Capt. Andy…
After seeing two major hurricanes impact his central Florida home waters in a three-week period, Captain Cody Chivas is ready for some bent-rod therapy. Fortunately, he’ll get that opportunity during the Yamaha Bassmaster Redfish Cup Championship presented by Skeeter at Apalachicola Bay. In the event’s first Sunshine State visit, competition days will be Oct. 25-27…
During the week of Sept. 27 through Oct. 3, Officers Hartzog and Forbes observed an individual fishing under the John Gorrie Bridge while they were patrolling on Apalachicola Bay. The officers moored their patrol vessel to conduct a resource inspection and discovered he was in possession of an undersized red drum and two undersized spotted…
October 10, 2018 – what does that date mean to you? Can you believe it was six years ago? I imagine that most people who are reading this article lived here during that time, and I am curious – what is your Hurricane Michael story? I would love to hear from you, and I may…
When the weather will allow you to get out, the offshore fishing has been good. Capt Pete Barwick of Bounty Bay PSJ got on them again last weekend, bringing home a cooler of red snapper. He says Boston mackerel ticket in 80 feet of water so it’s where you need to start. The redfish and…
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