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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 –…

To say the standardized test results for English and math at the Franklin County School were lackluster would be an overstatement. But with a tougher line on discipline and attendance, Superintendent Steve Lanier and Principal Lawrence Pender are hoping a stable foundation of teachers, and a stepped-up effort to encourage parents to get more involved…

The Franklin County cross country team, youthful and determined, are putting their best feet forward as the season gets underway. Last Saturday, at Dueling Summits 2021 at Elinor Klapp-Phipps Park in Tallahassee, coach Kati-Morgan Hathcock brought eight runners to compete at the event, hosted by the Maclay School. All their times but one were season’s…

Laurel Newman lived her life like a wildflower,  and yet could stand firm as an oak, and forever she will be memorialized with both.  In a ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Crooked River Lighthouse, where she served as a docent, the former reporter for the Apalachicola and Carrabelle Times was remembered by family and friends….

The Raney House plans to apply for monies to fortify the deteriorated columns in the front. The Carrabelle History Museum would like an elevator, and the Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum wants to pave their driveway. The Crooked River and Cape St. George lighthouses, the Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and the Arts,…

The Lady Seahawk volleyball  team spoiled Port St. Joe’s home opener last Thursday, as they emerged victorious before a large and enthusiastic crowd. The Seahawks prevailed over the locals in three sets, winning  25-18, 25-17 and 25-21. In the middle school game, the Seahawks lost the first set  22-25 and then won 26-24 and 15-7 to…

Like the shrill blast of a foghorn, Ascension Sacred Heart sounded a piercing alarm last week about the effect COVID-19 is having on its hospitalizations. And the Florida Department of Health that serves Gulf and Franklin counties sent out one that for the most part echoed the blast. On Aug. 19, Ascension sent a release…