Superb meal yields lesson in teamwork
Making an entire elegant meal from scratch isnt easy, neither is serving it up, but thats what the students taking part in the Summer Arts
Institute did last month.
And the critical
Be considerate of limited on-street parking
Hi Y’all, Happy Fourth of July! Have a fun, safe holiday. Carrabelle will light up with fireworks on Friday, July 2 for the holiday. Be careful out there and enjoy the fun. There will be a small parade at 5 p.m. with bikes and scooters. The road could be blocked at that time. Apalachicola’s fireworks…
‘Freedom Week’ to offer Sales Tax Breaks
TALLAHASSEE — Florida is about to find out how much a week of sales-tax freedom translates into capitalism.
Starting Thursday, in what lawmakers dubbed Freedom Week, people will receive sales-tax breaks when they make a wide range of purchases that could help spur them to be more active after being limited by the coronavirus pandemic.
Shoppers from Thursday through July 7 will be able to avoid paying all or part of sales taxes on purchases such as grills; bicycles; fishing and camping gear; kayaks and canoes; tickets for concerts, movies and ball games; gym memberships; boxes of softballs and sleeves of tennis balls; and even sunscreen.
Apalach favorite son Humphries, FAMU champion, dies
Frederick S. Humphries, Sr., Ph.D., under whose leadership Florida A&M University was named College of the Year, and who was a lifelong cheerleader and advocate for his alma mater, died Thursday, June 24 in Orlando. He was 85. The Apalachicola-born Humphries, a renowned scholar, charismatic, visionary, and innovative administrator and admired public servant, left a…
Apalach chooses Ash as interim mayor
Tami-Ray Hutchinson is named as interim commissioner In a show of unanimity, five days after the death of Mayor Kevin Begos, Apalachicola city commissioners voted Thursday evening, June 24 to name Mayor Pro Tem Brenda Ash as interim mayor. Im humbled, said Ash, following the 3-0 approval of a motion by Commissioner Despina George, and…
Alligator Point firefighters get training, equipment boost
The Alligator Point Saint Teresa Volunteer Fire Department has been named a 2021 grant recipient by Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation, receiving $32,030 funding to be used to purchase Hurst Extrication Tools. Were so thankful for the support from Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation and our local Firehouse Subs restaurant, in Tallahassee, said Robert Gates,…
Large investors buy up most tax certificates
More people are paying off their real estate taxes, and as a result, fewer people are buying up their delinquent taxes. County Tax Collector Rick Watson said last months sale of delinquent taxes yielded about $876,410 in sales, with 711 individual certificates. This represents fewer total certificates, but a slightly higher total value, than last…
ABC 3rd graders exceed state reading average
The negative effect of the coronavirus pandemic on language arts scores among Franklin County third graders this past spring appears to have hit the Franklin County Schools much harder than it did the Apalachicola Bay Charter School. The Florida Department of Education reported that 54 percent of third-grade students statewide this year scored a satisfactory…
Jobless rate improves, labor force grows
Franklin Countys unemployment numbers improved slightly in May, even as the size of the labor force grew According to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in May was at 3.8 percent, two-tenths of 1 percentage point better than the April rate of 4.0 percent….
Littlest All-Star Darlings score district title
Sometimes, its the littlest ones that make the biggest sound. The Dixie Youth League Franklin County All Stars in the Darling division, for ages 7-8, emerged victorious at last weeks district tournament in Bristol. We never left the winners bracket with a 3-0 record to be district champs, said Leigh Sheridan, head coach of a…