Five young men and women graduated last month from high school in Franklin County, but it wasnt from Franklin County High School. Rather, at a ceremony June 4 at the Apalachicola National Estuarine Research Reserve outdoor amphitheater, they graduated from ED Corps High School of the Forgotten and Emerald Coasts, the very first graduating class…
Hi Y’all, I hope that everybody had a happy and safe Fourth of July! The Carrabelle fireworks were wonderful! Thank you to all who were involved in making it happen. I heard a lot about how our fur babies are disturbed with the fireworks. There are a lot that aren’t afraid. Fireworks are a way…
Franklin County is going to the World Series and they arent just happy to be going. The countys littlest softball girls, the Darlings, ages 7-8, took home a state championship last weekend in Belleview, and now theyre headed to Prince George, Virginia on July 23 to compete at Worlds. We brought it home and were…
The rain held off and a huge crowd filled up Apalachicola Saturday evening, as the annual Independence Eve celebration got back on track. The parade from Lafayette Park, hosted by Franklins Promise Coalition and the Conservation Corps of the Forgotten Coast, was back from 2019 in fine fashion, with lots of golf carts and cyclists,…
With three fox attacks this summer, the Florida Department of Health in Franklin County is cautioning people to be extra careful outdoors with themselves and their pets. Eastpoint veterinarian Dr. Hobson Fulmer said such a rash of rabies is not uncommon. Well see little flareups here and there, and then well go a couple years…
What do you call a piece of spaghetti wearing a false mustache? An impasta! All levity aside, theres nothing funny when someone deceives or lies to us. In fact, theres no better way to sabotage a relationship. Being an impasta can manifest itself in other ways, too, such as when we hand in false expense…
Summers were the best. Now, we understood the importance of school from an early age. All of us. Even Buddy Wiggleton admitted it was a necessary evil. We loved our elementary teachers, appreciated the junior high ones and had matured enough to grade the high school teachers based on their style, likeability, knowledge of subject…
Being sharp is usually considered a compliment. It implies the recipient of this assessment has the intellectual ability and the mental agility to handle the rigors of contemporary life with ease. Sharp individuals anticipate coming events and prepare for them with preemptive actions which lead to a better than typical outcome. This proactive approach leads…
The weather was a bit uncooperative, so it was delayed a couple weeks, but with July came the start of the newest artificial reef off the Franklin County coastline. The Buddy Ward Memorial Artificial Reef, named after a longtime leader of the areas seafood industry, was deployed successfully on July 1 to its one-nautical-mile square…
Tiger Woods, who became his own cautionary tale, made his redemptive comeback in 2019 when he won the Masters. It had been 3,950 days since his last major win. It was probably the best comeback story in sports, and one the nation universally cheered. Sadly, his recent crash into a tree doing 87 mph on…
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