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A few local notes worth sharing this week: 

💧 Three board members named for Apalachicola’s

new water district

Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed Mark Milliken, Jimmy Gander, and Torben Madson III to the Apalachicola Water and Sewer District board, the Apalachicola Times reported Friday. They join Donna Knutson, appointed by the city, and Billy Fuentes, appointed by the county. The Times says the city and the district have to finish the financial and operational side of the turnover by December 1.

👉 https://franklincounty.news/2026/09/25/governor-appoints-three-to-new-apalachicola-water-and-sewer-district/

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✈️ Aviation academy opens at the Apalachicola airport

Tom P. Haney Technical College’s East Extension Aviation Academy held a ribbon cutting Sept. 17 at Apalachicola Regional Airport. The Times names the first two students as Gary “Trey” Silvernell III, from James Madison Prep, and Robert Landrum, from Port St. Joe High School.

👉 https://franklincounty.news/2026/09/21/haney-opens-academy-at-apalachicola-airport/

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📉 Franklin County’s August jobless rate edged down

 Preliminary figures from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity put Franklin County’s August unemployment rate at 5.1 percent, down from 5.3 percent in July and 0.2 points lower than a year earlier, the Times reported.

👉 https://franklincounty.news/2026/09/22/unemployment-rate-improves-in-august/