A helping hand for distressed deputies
On Oct 10, the South Gulf County Volunteer Fire Department’s non-profit organization presented a $1,000 check to Gulf County Sheriff Mike Harrison, earmarked for the Florida Sheriffs Association’s Lend a Hand Fund, which assists Florida sheriff deputies, whose homes may have been damaged by recent hurricanes or flooding.
“Those same sheriff deputies are out on patrol protecting our Florida communities, residents and visitors during recent devastating storms,” said Patrick Foy, board member, pictured at right with Harrison. “This upcoming Memorial Day weekend, when you take home a great Boston butt from our South Gulf Fire annual butt roast, it’s good to know that your purchase is also helping us to help others in our Florida community.”
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.