Lower Landing park dedicated to Charlie Norton
The late afternoon air was quiet in the Howard Creek Lower Landing, save for the excited conversation of the new park’s visitors.
A small tent was set up on the park’s lawn to host a …
Community meets over EPA redevelopment grants
Late last year, Pioneer Bay Community Development Corporation received a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency to kick-start a project aimed at improving housing conditions in North …
Mardi Gras parade fills downtown Port St. Joe
The good times rolled down Reid Avenue on Tuesday evening as the Forgotten Krewe hosted their annual Mardi Gras parade.
Hundreds of people participated in the event, and the sidewalks on …
Gulf Correctional sees increase in contraband
Around Feb. 3, Gulf County Correctional Institution went into lockdown after larger than normal contraband drop was discovered – a cell phone, four lighters, four rolling papers, 172.2 grams of …
South Gulf Fire Rescue sees more women in firefighter training
Raquel Guilbault repeated the drills over and over again – lay the self contained breathing apparatus down with the top facing towards her boots, untangle the straps, kneel down, cross her …
Port St. Joe High School celebrates Black History Month
“What is the best piece of advice you’ve ever gotten?” Maj. Andrew Fingall asked the gathered crowd in the Port St. Joe High School gymnasium on Monday morning.
The …
Superintendent commissioned to be Kentucky Colonel
Rodney Herring approached the podium before the Gulf County Schools School Board with a mission and a frame covered by a cloth.
He rested the frame against the back of the podium, then stood to …
‘We’ve been waiting five years’
Five years after Gulf County Commissioners passed a resolution calling for an altered roadside mowing schedule to help conserve local wildflowers, the new schedule had yet to be adopted.
At the …
Gulf County community increasingly invests in Pickleball
The wooden structure will provide some solace from the hot summer sun. Or, at least, that’s the plan.
As the volunteers finished construction on the covered benches overlooking the Frank …
Mayor, community seek renewed discussion on lacking sports facilities
Tim and Stephanie Peterson have outgrown their 3rd Street building.
The pair own Forgotten Coast Athletics, a gymnastics, tumbling and cheerleading gym in downtown Port St. Joe. They first …