Apalachicola and Carrabelle will be welcoming the holiday season Saturday, each with their own holiday markets. The Apalachicola Bay Chamber of Commerce will be hosting about two dozen vendors on Avenue E, between Water and Market Streets, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. at the annual Holiday Fresh Market On the eastern side of the…
When Santa Claus sailed into Apalachicola Friday afternoon, he surely knew he would be getting a grand reception. But just how large, that may have come as a surprise to the Jolly Old Elf and his wife. With crisp sunny skies, Riverfront Park was the gathering place for what was no doubt Apalachicolas largest ever…
Seahawks varsity basketball coach Ray Bailey expects that his team may lose a few of their early games, but that wont be the seasons whole story. Thats because two of his leading players, juniors TaShawn Jones and Owen Poloronis, are out of the lineup. Unfortunately, yes, thats the way its going to be, he said,…
The weather was ideal, and for those who thought it too cold, a large bonfire greeted them where they could sit and be warmed. The Crooked River Lighthouse glowed brightly on its 126th anniversary Saturday night, as did the many brightly colored and lesser-powered illuminations that made Lantern Fest a success. Attendance was strong all…
On Dec. 5, the National Baseball Hall of Fames Early Baseball Era committee will meet at the winter meetings in Orlando, to vote on who they think from a 10-player ballot should be entered into the famed museum in Cooperstown, New York. Two baseball historians said Saturday morning that Carrabelle native Buck ONeil has a…
Delays in state agencies placing a 16-year-old Franklin County youth into a situation where hell stay out of trouble has prompted Sheriff A.J. Smith to go right to the top of the Department of
A little more than two years after former Secretary of the Navy Richard Spencer made a surprise visit to Apalachicolas annual Independence Eve Celebration, to announce that a Navy ship would be named after the city, the USNS has been christened. In a Nov. 13 ceremony at the shipyard in Mobile, Alabama where it was…
As Franklin County settled in to a festive Thanksgiving holiday, folks from throughout the county held their celebrations in advance of the holiday. The senior center in Carrabelle had a festive meal, and delivery of weekday lunches from Apalachicola’s Holy Family Senior Center was robust On Friday, there were 177 visitors on the Franklin County Schools’…
I have no idea when you get old enough to know something. I was about five when I fell on the gravel running down what was then called the Como Road. I slid headfirst past six rows of cotton, two water troughs and a rusted out Arcade hay rake. It hurt like you couldnt believe!…
Now 18-year-old Kyle Rittenhouse has been found not guilty for fatally shooting two men and wounding a third. He and a friend traveled to Kenosha, Wisconsin to protect local business owners and provide medical aid after two nights of businesses being looted and set on fire there. Rittenhouse, who was trained in emergency care, brought…
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