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Against a backdrop of the setting sun dropping over the still waters of the Apalachicola River, Jadyn Luberto on Monday evening was named the 2021 Miss Florida Seafood at a brief ceremony at Riverfront Park. Luberto was selected from amongst three young women who competed, the others being Sydney Shuman, of Eastpoint, who finished as…

Franklin County school leaders are lending support to the governor’s proposal announced Tuesday to eliminate the annual spring Florida Standards Assessment test, and instead rely on less stressful progress monitoring tests administered in the fall, winter and spring. “I know kids who have test anxiety and when it’s a one-shot deal it’s very hard on…

It’s been two years since Franklin County’s elementary school kids played football competitively, with a cheer crew on the sidelines urging them on. That’s all going to come to an end this Saturday, as Franklin County Youth Football and Cheer takes the field in Carrabelle to take on Port St. Joe at the season-opening Jamboree….

There’s a lot of ways to pay for the shoreline at Alligator Point to be renourished, and the taxpayers there, and throughout the county, have at least until the 2023 Florida legislative session to figure it out. But that doesn’t mean it’s too soon to start building a consensus, or lack thereof, on a project…

Mike Youngblood could turn the air conditioning down in the new welding lab if he wanted to. But he doesn’t, because he wants his 32 students to sweat. “When they go out in the field welding, that’s how it’s going to be,” he said. “Like when they get a job.” And that’s what they’re going…

Where the parking lot used to be for the Hut Restaurant, which was hopping up until 2005 when Hurricane Dennis pushed a big chunk of it into the bay, nothing’s been there ever since, except junked cars that had to be cleared out, and an occasional food truck. But now giant piles of dirt and…

Remember 9/11! Hi Y’all, I hope that you had a wonderful Labor Day holiday. The Lanark Village Boat Club was sorry to have to not have a gathering on Labor Day, but they are hoping to have their monthly breakfast this month. I am once again sad to announce the passing of another Lanark friend….

The Carrabelle city commissioners plan to adopt the rollback rate, ensuring the city will receive the same amount of ad valorem revenues for the upcoming fiscal year it received during the current year. At the August 25 budget workshop for the general fund and water and sewer budget, commissioners agreed in principle to adopt the…

Apalachicola City Commission Anita Grove swept into her second term of office Tuesday night, capturing two-thirds of the citywide vote. Grove, 61, of 174 Avenue C., tallied 443 votes, or 65.9 percent of the total, to 229 votes for challenger Amy Hersey, 40, of 451 25th Street. Grove won in all three voting categories –…