A head-on collision between two pick-up trucks Saturday evening on the causeway just east of the John Gorrie Bridge between Apalachicola and Eastpoint spared the three people involved serious injury. According to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol, written by Trooper Jeffrey Glass, the accident occurred about a mile east of Apalachicola at…
The down-to-the-wire basketball rivalry between Franklin County and Port St. Joe stayed true to form Saturday night on the hardwood at the Marion Craig Coliseum, with a goaltending call and a foul on a three-point shot figuring into the overtime finish. With 10 seconds left in regulation, and the Seahawks clinging to a 46-43 lead,…
Dan Garlick, founder of one of the oldest and most experienced environmental firms in Northwest Florida and the southeastern United States, died Thursday, Jan. 4 in Istanbul, Turkey. Garlick, 73, had been in transit to a vacation in the Maldives, an island nation in the Indian Ocean, when he he suffered a stroke after getting…
Georgia and Alabama have reached a settlement aimed at ending a long-running water war, but environmental groups plan to continue a legal fight because of concerns about Northwest Florida’s Apalachicola River. A federal appeals court on Monday, Dec. 11 put on hold a case pitting Alabama and Georgia to allow time for the U.S. Army…
Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed Anthony Croom, Jr. to represent District 3 on Franklin County Board of County Commissioners. Croom, 36, a Republican, fills the position vacated by the death of Noah Lockley, Jr. who passed away at age 72 on Nov. 14. Croom works as district safety and security administrator for the Franklin County…
The Port St. Joe Police Department is seeking information on a pair of male suspects who broke into a Port St. Joe ATM Machine early Sunday morning. According to Police Chief Jake Richards, two males arrived at the Peoples South Bank at 529 Cecil G Costin Sr. Blvd in a pickup truck which they had…
Carrabelle celebrated the Christmas season under the glow of harbor lights and the dazzle of laser beams Saturday with the Holiday on the Harbor Street Festival and Boat Parade of Lights. “The festival was a great success and we could not have asked for more perfect weather,” said Lori Dougherty, director of the Carrabelle Chamber…
Jennifer Stradtman has a dream, to create the Sandy Boots Songwriters Festival of St. George Island in the spring. To help awaken it, she hosted a launch party at her West Gorrie Drive home Saturday, featuring two of the best songwriters in Nashville, to help generate interest and whet the appetite for the spring festival….
It probably won’t be completed before fall 2025 at the earliest, but planning for a proposed Apalachicola Museum of African American Culture and History is now well underway. The two architects at work on the project – Bret D. Hammond of the Tallahassee-based Hammond Design Group, LLC, and Ruffin Rhodes, with the Orlando-based Rhodes+Brito Architects…
The stricter enforcement of Apalachicola’s rules against posting signs outside of the premises of a business or facility has angered some within the city. And one of the most prominent of those who are upset are people in the physical condition to wrestle with the issue. Stephen Dykes, who manages the Forgotten Coast Fitness &…
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