Panacea News

Looking for that second-to-last minute gift idea? Something a bit out of the ordinary? Something you won't see at the usual shopping haunts.

Jack Rudloe , a leading nature writer, has spent 40 years studying and protecting marine life.

Guests at The St. George Island Writers' Retreat began trickling home Sunday afternoon.

The September newsletter from Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Panacea tells a funny tale of greed.

Kenneth Tucker's memoir of his adventures as a tail gunner on a B-17 bomber go full circle, from his upbringing in Eastpoint all the way through to his return there after the war.

Wakulla County is experiencing minor flooding of Old Fort Road, a small portion of Riverside Drive just west of the old Posey's restaurant , Live Oak Island near the Live Oak Island Marina, Bottoms Road , a small portion of Chickasaw Road and the end of Mashes Sands Road .

Franklin County schools are closed tomorrow, though no other counties have decided to close yet.

Wakulla County will host a ceremony 4 p.m. Monday celebrating the completion of the Woolley Park Pier in Panacea.

There is going to be a class for the Technician Class and General Class amateur radio license and test session at the Gulf County Emergency Operations Center on Nov.

OAR gets $20,000 The Organization for Artificial Reefs was recently presented with a check for $20,000 dollars.

Results were mixed on this year's Community Yard Sale held Saturday but the consensus in Apalachicola was that attendance was down.

Jessica Ward rose early Saturday morning, grabbed a piping hot cup of coffee and headed west.

Seventeen Maclay students and three teachers drove to Shell Point recently to participate in the Annual National Coastal Cleanup.

Jessica Ward rose early Saturday morning, grabbed a piping hot cup of coffee and headed west.

Just as the first hint of fall crisps the air, a spate of autumnal revels pile up on the cultural calendar like a squirrel's hoard of fat, glossy acorns.

FESTIVAL Let us now praise the mullet The supremely tasty 'silver bullet of the sea' is feted in grand style at the 2009 Mighty Mullet Maritime Festival from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at Woolley Park in Panacea.

Ever wonder which wine to serve with mullet? Probably not. Mullet is more of an ice tea or beer type dish, don't you think? Well, think again.

Yard sale aficionados, grab your fanny packs. Next Saturday's going to be a big one.

How well do you know your neighbors? Let me rephrase. How well do you know the natural and cultural resources available to you in surrounding counties, or even in your own back yard? Most of us become pretty provincial, or geographically limited, in our daily routines, often venturing no farther than just a few miles from home.

Elsewhere in this special econo-size issue of Limelight, we give you the big lowdown on some of the shows on the books at area venues this fall.