FCHS Beta Club forms ‘trash mob’
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FCHS Beta Club forms ‘trash mob’

The Franklin County School Senior Beta Club met last Friday with Lynn Wilder, from Keep Franklin County Beautiful, for a “Trash Mob,” which is a group clean-up effort. The club chose Millender Park in Eastpoint for clean-up. “Now, they would like to challenge other groups or organizations in the community to pick a location for…

‘Little Mercies’ in concert Friday
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‘Little Mercies’ in concert Friday

Elder Care Community Council of Franklin County and SGI United Methodist Church present the last Coffee House Concert of 2024 on Friday, Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. ET at Holy Family Senior Center.  All donations at the door will purchase food for the daily lunches served at Holy Family and delivered to over 80 homebound…

Lanark Village Association elects new board
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Lanark Village Association elects new board

Hi Y’all,  It is beginning to feel like Christmas… up north. Yes, we have had some cooler days, but after all, it is Florida. It will give us some nice days. The Lanark Village Association had its monthly members meeting Monday, Dec. 2, and the 2025 board was elected. Kathy Brown was voted in as…

Dispatch from Cuba: Prayers from a paused land
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Dispatch from Cuba: Prayers from a paused land

Editor’s Note: Apalachicola photojournalist Richard Bickel last month completed his 15th trip to Cuba on the heels of two hurricanes, an earthquake and a national power grid failure. He said conditions were the worst that he’s seen in his 30 years of travel to the communist island. In the far-flung fishing village of Puerto Esperanza…

Do we take owning a Bible for granted?
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Do we take owning a Bible for granted?

There’s a growing pile of presents under your tree, but what if someone informed you that you had a far greater treasure hidden in your home or backyard? Wouldn’t you search for it? And keep searching until you found it? Consider Proverbs 2:3-5 (ESV): “If you call out for insight and raise your voice for understanding, if…

Guzzardi: States join immigration enforcement battle
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Guzzardi: States join immigration enforcement battle

The national frustration over President Biden’s immigration agenda was reflected not only in the presidential election’s results but also in Arizona. Proposition 314, a border security measure that makes it a state crime to enter Arizona from Mexico and outside of a legal port of entry, passed overwhelmingly. Nearly 63% of Arizonians voted for the…

Charen: How to be grateful despite Trump
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Charen: How to be grateful despite Trump

How is everybody coping with the decline of America? I’ll tell you how I’m doing in a bit, but first I have a few observations about Thanksgiving. I wish I had a dime for every time I’ve heard someone declare that Thanksgiving is their favorite holiday. I used to say it myself, before I realized…

Hart: My annual ADD list of what I’m thankful for
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Hart: My annual ADD list of what I’m thankful for

It has been an epic year for us humor/opinion writers. At this point in the year, I give thanks for those buffoons, reprobates, scalawags, the demented and DEI disasters who made my job easier in 2024. For the last year, all I had to do was read the newspaper out loud on stage to get…

It’s hoop time on the Forgotten Coast
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It’s hoop time on the Forgotten Coast

The weather is getting colder, and that means it’s time to file into the warm confines of the high school gyms, because…..it’s time for basketball. December will be a busy time for boys basketball, as November was mostly spent with assembling teams and getting pre-season action underway. Wewahitchka was the first out of the gate,…