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- State offers glimmer of hope to bear hunters
- Hunters urged the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to allow bear harvesting as part of a new state Bear Management Plan unveiled last week in Apalachicola. At FWC’s public meet... Full story
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- Voters to face quarter-mill school levy
- Franklin County voters will decide in November whe... Full story
- Julian Love Branche
- Julian Love Branche was born Jan. 7, 1926 in Micco... Full story
- Neighbors protest Bay Avenue sidewalk project
- Plans for a sidewalk down Apalachicola’s Bay... Full story
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- Foundations partner to provide 14 scholarships at Gulf/Franklin Center
- The Alfred I. duPont Foundation put seven new college scholarships on the table and the Gulf Coast Community College Foundation doubled down. During a ceremony Friday morning at the GCCC Gulf/Franklin Center, the Alfred I. duPont Foundation announce... Full story
- Commissioners OK Eastpoint waterfront park plan
- By unanimous vote August 3, county commissioners gave final permission for construction of a new recreational facility in Eastpoint to begin. The new park, tentatively called Eastpoint Waterfront Park, will be located at the site of the old Allen Br... Full story
- New alliance to help expand broadband access
- Franklin County, and eight of its neighbors, welcomed the 21st century with open arms last month. At a press conference Aug. 20 in Bristol, regional economic development and elected officials announced that the Florida Rural Broadband Alliance (FRBA... Full story
- Invalid signatures thwart countywide voting plans
- They fought tooth and nail last week, it got heated, and now, it seems, it was pointless. A petition to place a referendum on the November ballot to mandate the re-instituting of countywide voting, has been deemed by Supervisor of Elections Ida Coop... Full story
- Millender cleared of wrongdoing in Porthaven trial
- Even before Arkansas jurors decided whether fraud surrounded the now-defunct Porthaven project in the heart of Eastpoint, the plaintiffs decided Bruce Millender, one of the key creators of the mixed-use development, shouldn’t even be one of the... Full story
- Parrish, Hinton keep their seats
- County Dems back Boyd over Lawson
- SEE COMPLETE ELECTION RESULTS BELOW County Commissioner Joseph "Smokey" Parrish and School Board member David Hinton both were re-elected Tuesday, but the sizes of their victories were by no means the same. By a nearly 2-1 margin, Parrish defeated ... Full story
- Credit card giveaway to woo September visitors
- Overnight visitors to the county next month will get more than just a relaxing vacation, a serene coastline and the soothing beauty of nature. They’ll get up to $250 in prepaid credit cards as an incentive to spend locally. The Franklin Count... Full story
- Fire destroys Lanark Village home
- A Sunday evening blaze in Lanark Village destroyed a one-story home, but spared any injury to residents or nearby structures. According to Lt. Jason Roberts from the state fire marshal’s office, the fire call came in around 7:33 p.m. ... Full story
- Veterans host annual cookout Sept. 11
- Franklin County’s annual veterans cookout will be held on Saturday, Sept. 11 at Battery Park in Apalachicola. The cookout has its origins in the summertime cookout for Vietnam veterans, and has since been expanded to welcome and honor all vete... Full story
- Eastpoint to get Christmas lights
- Eastpoint will have new Christmas decorations this year. At the Aug. 17 county commission meeting, District 1 Commissioner Pinki Jackel requested that $7,500 be transferred from the district’s road paving fund to general revenue so that the mo... Full story
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