Port St. Joe News

Bill Lynch's yellow watermelon has caused quite a stir in Port St. Joe. Since The Star featured the unusually-hued melon in its July 24 edition, Lynch, 82, has been unable to maintain a quiet existence.

Around a cloth-lined table on Saturday afternoon, six well-dressed ladies nibbled on finger sandwiches and discussed fine literature.

Whatever higher power being praised in voice and song last Saturday night inside the David Jones Gym almost certainly had no problem hearing.

The Gulf County budget process for fiscal year 2008-09 is basically over. With barely a noticeable sound, this year's process was a far cry from the marathon meetings and citizen input of 2006 and 2007.

The Gulf County Health Department is benefitting from an employee's two-week trip to California.

Under the leadership of Governor Charlie Crist and the Florida Legislature, the 2008-2009 budget includes $24 million to expand and improve local parks statewide.

Gulf County School Board and FDLRS/PAEC will co-sponsor free Pre-K screenings for children potentially in need of special education services.

The Love and Worship Center Church will host a Summer Camp Meeting '08, from Wednesday, Aug.

In a wonderful return to its former glory, the Florida Seafood Festival revived its annual pageant Saturday night after too long of a drought.

Jul. 31--Republic Newspapers, Inc. of Knoxville, TN, parent company of the Kings Mountain Herald, The Cherryville Eagle, The Belmont Banner and The Mount Holly News, has announced the sale of the newspapers to ...

The Gulf County School Board tentatively approved on Monday what chairperson Linda Wood described as a "reasonable, workable budget within the constraints of the economy." During Monday's meeting, the school ...

Uth N Action Port St. Joe S.A.F.E. Mentoring Program Changing Our Community One Child at a Time Is incarceration an issue for your family? We have a program which can help! Program available to children ages ...

The Rotary Club of Port St. Joe would like its bell back, no ringing questions asked.

Mollie Etheridge from Dothan, Alabama recently competed with other girls from across the country at the Pre-Teen America Scholarship and Recognition Program held in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

The year was 1978 and Ann Aldridge, just a couple of years out of college, was at Port St.

Attendees at this year's Scallop Festival can expect to stay a little cooler this year, thanks to a venue change by the Gulf County Chamber of Commerce.

The ladies from Franklin Needs, Inc, the force behind the Forgotten Coast Classics' calendar created to fight breast cancer in Franklin County, would like to thank the many vendors, in Apalachicola, Carrabelle, ...

The ladies from Franklin Needs, Inc, the force behind the Forgotten Coast Classics' calendar created to fight breast cancer in Franklin County, would like to thank the many vendors, in Apalachicola, Carrabelle, ...

This is the second article in a two-part series on three English brothers' journey to the area to honor their father, Thomas Wright.

Knights of Columbus Council 11572 presented a $500 donation to the John C. Gainous Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 10069 last Tuesday.