Like the shrill blast of a foghorn, Ascension Sacred Heart sounded a piercing alarm last week about the effect COVID-19 is having on its hospitalizations. And the Florida Department of Health that serves Gulf and Franklin counties sent out one that for the most part echoed the blast. On Aug. 19, Ascension sent a release…
The size of Franklin Countys labor force shrank, even as the unemployment picture improved slightly in July. According to preliminary numbers released Friday by the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity, the preliminary seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in July was at 4.4 percent, two-tenths of 1 percentage point below the June rate of 4.6 percent. This…
With a handful of new teachers, maximum enrollment and standardized test results that stayed largely steady during what was a down year throughout the state, the Apalachicola Bay Charter School opened the school year with the wind at its back. Now if it can just keep COVID-19 from wafting into nostrils. Quarantine requirements have sidelined…
The board of Carrabelles Community Redevelopment Agency on Tuesday approved a proposed budget for the upcoming fiscal year that had
some very good news in it.
The accumulated more than $1
It was an afternoon of Franklin County Proud of its All-Star teams, from its littlest Darlings to the Team Florida boys to the older traveling ball Sandlot squad. In a spirited parade Sunday afternoon through the streets of Apalachicola, led by Police Chief Bobby Varnes, with the ballplayers riding high atop the Apalachicola fire trucks…
Hi Yall, With the troubles brought up at the county commission meeting on August 3 concerning the St. James-Lanark Volunteer Fire Department, it was decided to invite the community to attend the monthly meeting on August 12 at the St. James-Lanark Firehouse. The attendance was good, considering the threat of COVID again rearing its ugly…
Its not your fathers taxpayers association anymore. In fact, the Alligator Point St. Teresa Association is blossoming, having ventured out with a rejuvenated outreach to the community. A July 4 catered affair for members at Kay McCords home at Mariner Circle not only celebrated the nations independence, but the newfound independence of the association. In…
When a Sizzler fizzles, as it did last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, can it relight on an August night? The Elder Care Community Councils St. George Island 5K and One Mile Fun Run did just that. On a hot evening, Saturday Aug. 7, more than 50 volunteers, from throughout the county, succeeded at…
If you are thinking about what to get ex-President Obama for his birthday, you cannot go wrong with some self-awareness. According to his partys own rhetoric, the birthday party he threw for himself at his $13 million Marthas Vineyard oceanfront house should not have happened. No, it was not because Obama told us that sea…
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