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Hi Y’all, Amnesty Day is coming your way this week on Saturday, July 24. Get that junk where it belongs, the dump. The Lanark Village Boat Club pancake breakfast was a huge success. It is so much fun to see your friends again. Many of our residents bring their out-of-town families and company to this…

The debut of an innovative summer program, that blended arts with fitness, ended with the sound of drums and the sweep of dance. In a July 2 program at the Holy Family Senior Center, the five-week Community Moving Education. Program, under the direction of retired New York City dancer and educator Frenchy Haynes, presented a…

A month ahead of budget time, Sheriff AJ Smith is pushing strongly for raises for the people in his department. And now that the county commissioners have the results of a study they commissioned on pay rates and job classifications, it looks like sheriff’s office employees, as well as those who work for other county…

Following a hugely successful return to July Fourth festivities, all the more exciting because the holiday spanned a weekend, more than smiles and joyous memories were left behind. There was plenty of trash that had to be attended to. Following the Independence Eve celebration that drew an enormous crowd to downtown Apalachicola, about two dozen…

Five young men and women graduated last month from high school in Franklin County, but it wasn’t from Franklin County High School. Rather, at a ceremony June 4 at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve outdoor amphitheater, they graduated from ED Corps High School of the Forgotten and Emerald Coasts, the very first graduating class…

Franklin County is going to the World Series and they aren’t just happy to be going. The county’s littlest softball girls, the Darlings, ages 7-8, took home a state championship last weekend in Belleview, and now they’re headed to Prince George, Virginia on July 23 to compete at Worlds. “We brought it home and we’re…

The rain held off and a huge crowd filled up Apalachicola Saturday evening, as the annual Independence Eve celebration got back on track. The parade from Lafayette Park, hosted by Franklin’s Promise Coalition and the Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Coast, was back from 2019 in fine fashion, with lots of golf carts and cyclists,…

The Apalachicola community turned out Sunday evening to the Chapman Auditorium to honor the memory of Mayor Kevin Begos, Jr., who passed away June 19 at the age of 63. Remembering Begos as a “son, brother, friend and neighbor,” three speakers – Karen Cox-Dennis, Chuck Lombardo and Rose Griffin – offered remarks that touched on…

Making an entire elegant meal from scratch isn’t easy, neither is serving it up, but that’s what the students taking part in the Summer Arts

Institute did last month.

And the critical …

Hi Y’all, Happy Fourth of July! Have a fun, safe holiday. Carrabelle will light up with fireworks on Friday, July 2 for the holiday. Be careful out there and enjoy the fun. There will be a small parade at 5 p.m. with bikes and scooters. The road could be blocked at that time. Apalachicola’s fireworks…