County moves on infrastructure projects
With millions of dollars flowing into the county for infrastructure, Franklin County commissioners signed off last week on a number of high-profile projects, including the revitalization of Island
Alligator Point residents back restricting beach access
A county commission workshop last week on parking made one thing abundantly clear.
The people of Alligator Point are mad as heck and dont want to take it anymore.
In an afternoon
Franklin among districts possibly cut out of textbook deals
TALLAHASSEE — Franklin County is among some of Floridas most financially strapped small school districts that could have paid thousands of dollars more for textbooks than their larger
Young Seahawks ‘turning the corner
It was a relaxed spirit of fun Friday afternoon, as the Franklin County Seahawks varsity football team had an intrasquad spring game.
Coach Dirk Strunk served as the refs, as each team had five
Bay scallop restoration program needs volunteers
Do you live in Gulf or Franklin County? You can help by being a Scallop Sitter, a volunteer program run jointly by UF/IFAS Extension and the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation
Bear pays Apalach a visit, tours the cemetery
If youve seen a bear lumbering through backyards in Apalachicola, your eyes are not deceiving you.
The report of a nice-sized Florida black bear was first called in to the Apalachicola
Lawmakers eye roof claims, lawsuits, reinsurance
Heading into a special session next week to address the states troubled property-insurance market, legislative leaders said late Friday they will focus on issues such as roof-damage claims,
Please keep your animals on a leash
Hi Y’all,
At the time of this writing, Lanark Village is still under a Burn Ban. All fires, such as grills, must be attended.
I reported last week that the county had moved forward on
The last ding-dong rings for Eastpoint dredging
It isnt every day that a county official opens his remarks with a quote from a Nobel Prize for Literature acceptance speech, but thats what Alan Pierce did Tuesday morning.
The
Are Democrats up to preventing the next coup attempt?
In 1980, because I was an idealistic conservative eager to do my bit for democracy, I volunteered for my local Republican Party as a poll watcher. When polls closed, election officials asked us to