Museum offers Saturday talk on turpentine industry
The Carrabelle History Museum will present a History of the Turpentine Industry in North Florida this Saturday, Feb. 12 from 10 a.m. to noon in the upstairs room at C-Quarters Marina in
Superintendent wants voters to consider half-cent sales tax
Superintendent Steve Lanier has decided its long past time to ask voters to consider passing a half-cent sales tax for the Franklin County Schools, a measure he believes takes advantage of a
Racism powers Communist China’s drive for dominance
China’s communist leaders have clamped down on coverage and commentary of the Winter Olympic games. Ask Dutch correspondent Sjoerd den Daas, who was manhandled by a security guard during a live
Everybody’s getting CRT wrong, except most Americans
In 2020, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., included so-called whiteness traits in its “Talking About Race” online portal. The museum advised that traits like “hard work” and “objective
Pre-K’s broken promise
“Children learning, parents earning!” That was House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s summation of the case for the “comprehensive child care and early learning legislation” of 2017, a plan similar to the
OneBlood bus highlights Apalachicola library’s February
February is Love Your Libraries month, and to celebrate, the Apalachicola Margaret Key Public Library is reminding residents that digital ebooks, audiobooks, emagazines, and elearning classes are
Birds to benefit from dredge
A dredging project off the coast of Eastpoint is set to start, but its not the long-awaited scooping out of the Eastpoint Channel.
That likely wont be until April at the
Sanders plans to challenge Boldt
Former county commissioner Cheryl Sanders is preparing to return to politics.
Sanders, who decided not to seek re-election in 2018 after 20 years as commissioner of District #2, has filed a letter
Seniors dine on Butts & Clucks
At the recent Butts and Clucks BBQ competition the Butcher Shop donated a gift certificate for a raffle that raised $200 to help feed seniors at the Holy Family Senior Center. The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce, and the many BBQ event participants, also provided pans and pans of wonderful food to Elder Care Community…
Golden celebrations
Franklin County’s reverence for those in their golden years was on full display this past Sunday, as two octogenarians, one prominent in Apalachicola and the other on St. George Island, received the royal treatment for their birthday. In Apalachicola, on the occasion of her 85th birthday. Irestine Bouie, a longtime resident of the Hill community,…