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The Franklin County Schools have reinforced the importance of the school’s dress code, making several changes to address areas that needed correction. While the school board still must approve the revised dress code as part of the code of conduct, Principal Laurence Pender outlined the proposal with the school board at a June workshop. In…

Doris Shiver Gibbs, one of Florida’s longest serving supervisor of elections, passed away Monday morning, at 10:42 a.m. at the age of 69. First elected Franklin County Supervisor of Elections in 1980, Gibbs went on to serve 28 years in the county office before retiring in 2008. She rose to statewide prominence after serving in…

Franklin County’s tax base has fattened up considerably over the past year, growing in the neighborhood of 8 percent, based on the property appraiser’s initial “good faith” estimates. According to numbers provided the county commission at its June 1 meeting. Property Appraiser Rhonda Skipper estimated the combined taxable value for use in the 2021-22 budget…

A new interim manager, a good year for airplane traffic and a plan to bring in someone with an eye towards attracting business, are what’s going on at the Apalachicola Regional Airport. Ted Mosteller, selected as interim manager June 1 after the resignation of Airport Manager Jason Puckett, offered a detailed report on what was…

As far as business goes this summer, the Blue Parrot Ocean Front Café, and all the rest of the restaurants and vacation rentals on St. George Island, have the wind at the backs. But when it comes to throwing mullet on the beach outside the back door, everyone had the wind in their faces Saturday….

For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic shut down the in-person court system, jury trials are back on track. Clerk of Court Michele Maxwell said the first to be held, in fount of County Judge Gordon Shuler, was that of Otis Wheeler, on May 12, held in the main courtroom. She said 22 out…

They held a sports banquet last week and everybody came. It was for all the sports this past year at Franklin County High School, from the fall to the spring, and it attracted a packed cafeteria because of that. Athletic Director Dirk Strunk emceed, and after soon-to-graduate with his classmates Brycin Huckeba offered up a…

Because of COVID-19, there was no banquet last year to honor the teacher of the year, and the many support staff who make the entire district run. This year started off with the same set of challenges, and after the selection of these top people was made earlier in the year, the Franklin Education Foundation…