Hill community honors ‘our native son’

ByDavid Adlerstein

For a banquet that celebrated one of Apalachicola’s most illustrious and beloved native sons, there was a lot of hissing coming forth from the audience. That’s because the honored guest was the late Dr. Frederick S. Humphries and the high-pitched hisses that reverberated inside the Holy Family Senior Center Friday evening, Nov. 5 paid audible…

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Construction begins on new Human Services Center

ByDavid Adlerstein

By the fall of 2022, Franklin County residents will be getting a major boost in their ability to access behavioral health services, to address everything from drug dependency to delinquency. At a ceremony Nov. 3, DISC Village, a Big Bend based non-profit behavioral health provider, broke ground on the new Franklin County Human Services Center…

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Focus on code enforcement begins to sharpen

ByDavid Adlerstein

A series of workshops throughout the county on code enforcement could lead to an unprecedented overhaul of how the county handles the breaking of its rules. Facilitated by the Apalachee Regional Planning Council, the workshops opened Oct. 30 in Eastpoint, with a second one Nov. 3 on St. George Island. A workshop for unincorporated Carrabelle…

Apalachicola OKs Roper historic marker

ByDavid Adlerstein

Apalachicola will be getting a historical marker to honor the legacy of Moses Roper, a leading 19th century abolitionist and former fugitive slave who authored a best-selling narrative that included description of his experiences while serving as a steward on a steamboat plying the Apalachicola River. The 4-1 vote by city commissioners, with Despina George…

A festival revived

ByDavid Adlerstein

If you had only come to the 58th annual Florida Seafood Festival on Friday, you would have likely concluded it was a total washout, as a cold rain and blustery winds spelled doom. But if you had woke up Saturday morning and then attended all day, you would have enjoyed a brisk and sunny day,…

Excitement building for Seahawk soccer comeback

ByDavid Adlerstein

For the first time in several years, Franklin County High School looks to field to robust soccer teams under the direction of experienced coaches. The girls, under the direction of Franklin County Schools’ new physical education teacher Anna Bull, have 19 players, and the boys, coached by Bill McCullough, have two dozen, which is a…

Critical Race Theory further devalues college education

ByRon Hart

Campuses were once places where ideas were debated. Today they are places where any right-of-center opposition speech is labeled “hate” and is shut down. Liberal schools like Emory, Middlebury and Brown fight to keep right-of-center voices off campus. They do not educate, they indoctrinate. And our country is paying the price. College kids are so…

Buckhead: Come for the shopping, stay to fill out police report

ByRon Hart

My friend, Tucker Carlson, recently did a masterful piece on what has happened in Atlanta and, more specifically, in Buckhead. For symbolism, I suggested that the Peachtree Road Race this year should have the winner breaking through yellow crime scene tape. My fear is that when the official signals the start of the race with…

An update on the Clinton Crime Family Foundation

ByRon Hart

I have stated over the years that the Clinton Family Foundation was nothing more than a political operation disguised as a charity. It existed to funnel money to the Clintons and to advance their brand. Every money-moving operation must have accomplices and other “muscle” to make the criminal enterprise hum. One of the latest muscle-heads,…