Newman remembered for her wildflower ways

Laurel Newman lived her life like a wildflower,  and yet could stand firm as an oak, and forever she will be memorialized with both.  In a ceremony Sunday afternoon at the Crooked River Lighthouse, where she served as a docent, the former reporter for the Apalachicola and Carrabelle Times was remembered by family and friends….

Afghanistan: Don’t blame the soldiers, blame entrenched D.C. elites

America cowers and runs from yet another country in which we should never have had a military presence. What is it going to take for us to limit the power of Washington in all matters of importance? The chaotic images of our botched evacuation of Afghanistan should further enforce what we all should know by…

Museums to get help from new grant funding

The Raney House plans to apply for monies to fortify the deteriorated columns in the front. The Carrabelle History Museum would like an elevator, and the Camp Gordon Johnston World War II Museum wants to pave their driveway. The Crooked River and Cape St. George lighthouses, the Apalachicola Center for History, Culture and the Arts,…

Native switchcane’s versatility stands tall

Standing above one’s peers has several advantages. In most cases, the tall individual will be immediately noticed and usually recognized, hopefully for positive and refined qualities. The elevated individual eventually attracts those with similar attributes in both altitude and other features. This collection has been referred to by a variety of terms. If a positive…