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Plaintiffs Push Back in Medicaid Eligibility Fight

TALLAHASSEE — Saying that notices sent by the state “border on incomprehensible,” attorneys for Medicaid beneficiaries fired back this week in a potential class-action lawsuit alleging Florida has not provided adequate information before dropping people from the health-care program. The plaintiffs’ attorneys are asking U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard to issue a preliminary injunction…

FLHSMV, FHP Recognize National Teen Driver Safety Week in Florida
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FLHSMV, FHP Recognize National Teen Driver Safety Week in Florida

TALLAHASSEE, Fla.- Today, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (FLHSMV) begins a weeklong public safety campaign recognizing National Teen Driver Safety Week, which runs until October 21, 2023, in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and public safety partners across Florida. Teen drivers (ages 15-19) represent approximately 5% of licensed drivers in…

UPDATE: Sister pleads for FCI inmate’s safe return
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UPDATE: Sister pleads for FCI inmate’s safe return

The sister of a Franklin County Institution inmate, who walked away Monday morning from a work crew site at the 10 Foot Hole in Apalachicola, is pleading for his safe return. In an email to the Apalachicola Times, Christina Rutherford, sister of escaped inmate Robert Rutherford., wrote that her brother is not a violent man….

I do solemnly swear
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I do solemnly swear

On Tuesday, Oct. 3, Apalachicola Mayor Brenda Ash, and city commissioners Adriane Elliott and Despina George were all sworn in to office. All three were re-elected to their non-partisan posts without opposition.  Because of the recently enacted ordinance to hold elections on even-numbered years, in concert with state and federal elections, their terms will run…

Yacht club opens in downtown Apalachicola
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Yacht club opens in downtown Apalachicola

There’s a new bar in town, operated by a man who knows a lot about brewing.On Thursday, Oct. 12 a soft opening was set for the new Apalachicola Yacht Company, at the corner of Water Street and Avenue D, at the site of the former Tin Shed.For eight years, Clayton Mathis worked at the Oyster…

Pretty in pink: Breast cancer fundraiser brings in $80K
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Pretty in pink: Breast cancer fundraiser brings in $80K

It started out with a series of cabarets, and then blossomed into the Calendar Girls, with prominent women from around the county adorning the months is not much more than their birthday suits. In 2007, Franklin Needs Inc. was established to strengthen the effort to fight breast cancer in Franklin County, and a festive evening…

Firefighters subdue Apalachicola waterfront blaze
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Firefighters subdue Apalachicola waterfront blaze

No one was hurt Thursday afternoon after a fire broke out in a two-story commercial building at 165 Water Street, just to the southeast of the former Taranto and Sons seafood. With the use of foam and of water, the fire, which began sometime around 3 p.m. was extinguished within about two hours by crews…

Legislators get warm welcome at delegation hearing
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Legislators get warm welcome at delegation hearing

The annual legislative delegation hearing in Apalachicola’s county commission chambers is usually filled with polite praise for the state senator and state representative working on Franklin County’s issues before the state. After all, they’re bringing home the berries for lots of hungry constituents, and there was no shortage of pointed requests for fiscal acorns that…

Alive and twinkling
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Alive and twinkling

Panhandle Players open transformative season The Panhandle Players may produce plays but they are not playing around, with last week’s four-day run of “Rivers Edge” vivid proof of that. I’ll get to the play in a few paragraphs, but first, picture the whole of the Chapman Auditorium space transformed, both permanently with the recent removal…