Nearly six years after Aileen Seiden’s life ended brutally in Eastpoint when she was just 31 years old, the trial of one of her alleged killers and the sentencing of another won’t happen until 2024. At an Aug. 8 case management hearing, Circuit Judge Frank Allman set Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2024 as the first of…
The Franklin County unemployment rate stayed unchanged in June, and that meant it now has the third lowest jobless rate in Florida. According to data released last week by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the county’s jobless rate remained at 2.5 percent last month, as the labor force increased to 5,099, which is 97…
Allan Feifer, the face of the Concerned Citizens of Franklin County ever since its founding 22 years ago, is stepping down, making way for new leadership under the direction of local realtor Mason Bean. The CCFC, founded in 2001 to encourage “better and more fiscally responsive government in Franklin County,” plans to continue its mission…
Sarah Messer finished her full day of cleaning houses on St. George Island Saturday with a trip to the Resort Vacation Properties of St. George Island by Vacasa’s bin in Eastpoint.Messer had bags full of soiled linens, which she collected from two large houses she cleaned on the island.These are busy days for Messer, who…
Last week Justin Furman, the 40-year-old owner of a pair of burger restaurants in North Carolina, met up with St. George Island deejay, skimboarder and icon of hipness Chip Sanders to talk. Furman had just cut a three-year deal with Havard Spencer, owner of Harry A’s Bar and Night Club on the island, to lease…
It was a rare occurrence last week when the 1st District Court of Appeals took its show of jurisprudence on the road, and into the third floor courtroom of the Apalachicola courthouse. As it turned out the three judges selected to hear the cases – 1st District Court of Appeals Judges Ross Bilbrey, Rachel E….
SGI Charters lands biggest red snapper The fishing was great, two locals took home some big money, and Jimmie Crowder’s legacy continues to support the fight against leukemia. Twenty years after C-Quarters’ owner began the annual Kingfish Shootout to honor his daughter, Lisa Crowder, who lost her battle in 2002 to leukemia, the shootout raised…
Franklin County court watchers will get a rare glimpse into the highest echelon of jurisprudence in the state Wednesday afternoon at the county courthouse. That’s because four of the judges who sit on the state’s 1st District Court of Appeals will hold court beginning at 2 p.m. in the circuit court chambers on the third…
To be prudent, you might describe the upcoming July 3 Independence Day Eve celebration in Apalachicola as featuring a “reconfigured seating arrangement inside of Riverfront Park.” Or, to be snarky, and in keeping with the spirit of ‘76, you could describe it as a Southern-style sweet tea party in which dinner tables, rather than 342…
Six people were rescued safely Sunday afternoon from Apalachicola Bay, thanks to the Good Samaritan effort of a party charter boat operating out of Apalachicola. Capt. Leveral Raffield of the Family Tradition charter picked up the six-people, standing on the top of the submerged hull of their 24-foot center console Aquasport. Senior Officer Travis Basford,…
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