Georgia couple wins top prize at Eastpoint cookoff Charlene and Andy Dickens have been bringing down their Double D Smokers’ talents to the Eastpoint Rib Cookoff for the last four years. Last Saturday, they put it all together and traveled back to Andersonville, Georgia with a $1,000 check in their pockets, which they plan to…
Franklin County commissioners got a first look last week at an updated proposal to create a multifaceted marina and resort on St. George Island, known as the Landing. Based on opposition from the public, and concerns by commissioners, it is safe to say the proposal landed with a thud. Backers for the project – a…
In a sign of the challenges facing Democrats in an ongoing shift among Franklin County voters to the Republican party, the chair of the county Democratic Party was suspended last week. The suspension of Carol Barfield from her post as chair was one of three suspensions announced last week by Nikki Fried, chair of the…
Agency partnership monitors invasive animals Last week was National Invasive Species Awareness Week and while most of us probably slept right through it, there’s a group of experts from various agencies who keep a watchful eye on the plants and animals that are on the rise but that don’t belong here. It’s called the Apalachicola…
It took over a year to get to the bottom of who was responsible for a derelict vessel that was impeding boat traffic around Pinhook in the Apalachicola River. How long before that it had languished in the water is anybody’s guess. But based on the fact the chains intended to drag it up on…
For 41 years, the St. George Island Regional Charity Cook-off and Auction has been among Franklin County’s biggest events, with the first weekend of March featuring dozens of “professional” International Chili Society chili cooks vying for a shot at the world championships. But a lot has changed in recent years, so that this Saturday, there…
‘Magnificent’ handmade catamaran to soon set sail Two decades ago, Mike Holcombe and his wife Glynis built a home in the Jones Homestead area east of Port St. Joe. At about the same time, Mike paid $2,000 to purchase a set of plans from famed New Zealand boat designer and builder Ian Farrier, known for…
If anyone had doubts that Florida Senator Rick Scott has the fight in him to win re-election this fall, Tuesday night’s appearance at the Fort Coombs Armory for the annual Lincoln/Reagan Day Dinner likely dispelled them. In a fiery nearly half-hour speech, Scott, 71, rallied the troops behind a message of better border security and…
Weather doesn’t wash out festival’s spirit A weekend full of persistent drizzle and light rain put a damper on the activities of the 31st annual African-American History Festival but it didn’t cancel the celebration. With the theme “The Dream, The Struggle, The Reality,” the Hillside Coalition of Laborers for Apalachicola (H’COLA) did what it could…
A 24-year-old Panacea man suffered serious injuries Sunday evening when his car struck a tree while he traveled north on U.S. 98 just east of Carrabelle. According to a report from the Florida Highway Patrol, at about 9:16 p.m. the vehicle was about a half-mile north of Gulf Avenue (County Road 30-A) when the driver,…
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