WWII museum plans March 9 parade
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WWII museum plans March 9 parade

The Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum will celebrate the 29th annual Camp Gordon Johnston Day Veterans Parade on Saturday, March 9, starting at 10:45 a.m. ET in Carrabelle. The parade is planned especially to honor the nation’s remaining World War II veterans as well as to salute all veterans from that war to…

Live music Friday in downtown Carrabelle
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Live music Friday in downtown Carrabelle

The Downtown Carrabelle business community has joined forces with Rio Carrabelle Art Gallery to host the next First Friday event from 5 to 8 p.m. on March 1 in Carrabelle. This month both Rio Carrabelle and Taste of Korea will host live music. Taste of Korea will feature Gene Zone and Rio Carrabelle will host…

Opioid epidemic demands every resource available
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Opioid epidemic demands every resource available

Floridians are witnessing an alarming upswing in the number of deaths from drug abuse and overdose, especially from heroin and prescription painkillers, also known as opioids. As the Franklin County sheriff, my team and I have seen first-hand how this epidemic has tragically unfolded in our community. Emergency calls are more and more frequent, and…

Owl Cafe reopens with new look
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Owl Cafe reopens with new look

Apalachicola’s famed Owl Cafe, which dates back to around 1914 with its founding by a pair of Greek immigrant brothers, has gotten a facelift. After closing for remodeling Jan. 1, the restaurant had a soft reopening Monday, after completing in fewer than two months a whirlwind set of renovations by owner Forgotten Coast Hospitality Group,…

Americans should not live in echo chambers
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Americans should not live in echo chambers

I was struck — and saddened — by the import of two opinion articles in your Feb. 15 edition. Columnist Kesley Colbert said that like most of your readers, he was raised to not lie, cheat or steal. Reader/subscriber Douglas Sharp then claimed that Donald Trump “was the best President ever.” No. Trump is out…

With Biden incapacitated, who’s running the country?
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With Biden incapacitated, who’s running the country?

Easter is coming. With a president of the United States who could hide his own Easter eggs and throw himself a surprise party, we deserve to know one simple thing: Who’s calling the shots in the White House? It is clearly under leftist Democrat rule.  Joe Biden butchered another press “chat” to respond to the…

The base wants the fight, instead of the victory
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The base wants the fight, instead of the victory

The border bill circus is the latest demonstration of a bedrock reality of today’s Republican Party: It does not exist to achieve political outcomes. Its chief function is fan service. The overriding concern of GOP voters, according to polls and to elected Republicans, is immigration. In the ranty precincts of the right, they believe that…