After announcing in a March 25 letter she would not seek re-election, Carrabelle Mayor Brenda La Paz stepped down from office on Sunday. In a letter to City Administrator Courtney Dempsey, La Paz said “the reasons for my resignation range from personal, health, family, and financial. “I will not get into specifics as these matters…
A group of physicians, headed by Port St. Joe resident Dr. Huy Nguyen, have recommended to Franklin County Commissioners a plan to convert the small critical access hospital in Apalachicola into the newly created Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) designation, and to enter into talks to have them purchase Weems from the county. Nguyen, an emergency…
Diver explores history of Empire Mica A week shy of seven months after the day that will live in infamy marked the United States’ formal entry into World War II, an infamous night brought the war home to the Forgotten Coast. Beginning just after midnight on Monday, June 29, 1942, about 21 miles due south…
In a letter Monday afternoon to City Administrator Courtney Dempsey, Carrabelle Mayor Brenda La Paz said she plans to not see re-election, and will step down this Sunday, March 31. “The reasons for my resignation range from personal, health, family, and financial,” she wrote. “I will not get into specifics as these matters are personal….
They look a bit like concrete igloos, and one developer thinks they might be just the thing to address the need for workforce housing in Eastpoint. At a workshop Tuesday evening, March 19, Joshua Parker outlined details of what he termed a “planned eco-home development” on 75 acres off 100 Gilbert Street in Eastpoint which…
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission will be conducting a 1,690-acre prescribed burn at the Apalachicola River Wildlife Environmental Area today, Thursday, March 21. The burn will be between Bloody Bluff Road, and Van Horn Road, off of State Route 65.
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…
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