There’s going to be four straight nights of fireworks in Franklin County over the Independence Day holiday, and Eastpoint is gearing up to getting the ball rolling with its second annual Freedom festival on Saturday, July 1. After that it’s going to Carrabelle on Sunday, Apalachicola on Monday and St. George Island on Tuesday, July…
The meaning of Memorial Day is most often absorbed through the head, but sometimes it trickles into the heart. In moving remarks Monday morning before a large gathering in Apalachicola’s Veterans Memorial Plaza, standing before the Three Servicemen Statue Detail, County Commissioner Ottice Amison shared insight into what flows from the heart. After thanking Al…
You don’t have to leave Franklin County if you want to find the best beach in the United States. In fact, it’s just a short drive over the Bryant Patton Bridge, and then a left to the northeastern tip of St. George Island, in Dr. Julian Bruce St. George Island State Park. That’s because coastal…
A Gulf Coast cottage built around 1893 highlights the Historic Apalachicola Home and Garden Tour to be held Saturday, May 6. Sponsored by Trinity Episcopal Church, the annual event spotlights some of Apalachicola’s most distinguished homes, both old and new.“The tour offers a visual reflection of our community’s heritage creating a distinct sense of place…
Most everyone who takes to the Apalachicola Bay waters knows boating under the influence can be a serious problem. But how many have stopped to think that the fish themselves might have a substance abuse issue as well? A study released last week by Florida International University’s Coastal Fisheries Research Lab found that among the…
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…
The Apalachee Regional Planning Council has unanimously selected Franklin County Commissioner Ricky Jones as chair of its 24-member board. ARPC is one of 10 regional planning councils in the state. Established in 1977, the council is a regional convener and provides technical assistance in the program areas of economic/community development, emergency planning, transportation, housing, and…
More than a decade after the last Bay Point Billfish Tournament, a new Blue Marlin tournament is coming back to the newly rebuilt docks at Point South Marina at Bay Point. A local group of four is spearheading the charge to put together The Bay Point Billfish Open, a weeklong dock party and fishing tournament…
The Florida Department of Health in Bay County (DOH-Bay) is notifying the public of a red tide bloom for beaches along the Gulf of Mexico from the M.B. Miller Pier, 12213 Front Beach Road, Panama City Beach, to Mexico Beach. Some people may have mild and short-lived respiratory symptoms such as eye, nose, and throat…
A Bay County man accused of sexually battering a child was found guilty at trial Tuesday and sentenced to life in prison, State Attorney Larry Basford announced. Ashden Pippins, 25, was found guilty as charged of the capital offense of sexual battery on a child under the age of 12. The 6-person jury took less…
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