Panacea News

Looks like scallop season, which opened Wednesday, is off to a slow start. First reports indicate the succulent little bivalves are MIA.

Fishing enthusiasts with disabilities will have a chance to explore the Gulf of Mexico this weekend.

A new report shows the number of people filing for bankruptcy rose by more than 6,000 a day in May.

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY Lecture and food drive hosted by FSU marine lab FSU biology professor Walter Tschinkel, an internationally known scientist and expert on fire ants, will be giving a free lecture from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday at FSU's Coastal and Marine Laboratory in St.

"This project is not in the best interest of this county and I'm sorry, it's just we can't afford it right now," expressed Howard Kessler, the Wakulla County Commission Chair.

May 17: Legal Services of North Florida hosts its 11th Annual Jazz for Justice gala at Chez Pierre.

Gulf Specimen Marine Laboratory in Panacea holds its first-ever fundraiser from 4 to 7 p.m. May 17.

SPECIAL EVENTS Mission celebrates military muster Head out to Mission San Luis, 2020 W. Mission Road, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday for colorful pageantry, musket and cannon firing, and opportunities to learn about the world of Spanish soldiers and Apalachee warriors.

May 8-10: Get down at the Farm to Family Full Moon Festival in Alachua, featuring Crazy Fingers, The Glass Camels, The Rowan Brothers, Dread Clampitt, 3rd Stone, Gatorbone, Tammerlin and more.

In the early 1900s, visitors used to flock to Panacea by the wagon-loads, lured by the area's mineral springs, which were purported to have therapeutic properties for myriad ailments.

The FSU Coastal and Marine Laboratory will host a marine outreach program, "Evening at the Edge of the Sea" led by FSU Professor Emeritus William Herrnkind, from 6 to 9 p.m. May 9. It's a chance to learn through hands-on experience about the sea life along the area's pristine shores and shallows.

CANCER SOCIETY Road to Recovery program needs help The American Cancer Society's Road to Recovery Program is having trouble staying on course in Leon County.

Tampa, Florida- All is calm along the waterfront at Madiera Bay Resort, but for dock master Shirley Nelly weathering the storm of this economy has her feeling a little sea sick.

The American Association of University Women honored three very 'Outstanding Women in the Community' on March 14 at a luncheon at Aria Restaurant in Market Square.

One of those small, family-run restaurants with ace cooking - the kind of place that everyone keeps a secret - has turned up, and we've found it.

ART OPENING: Hey, maybe Neil Young was right. Rust never does sleep. Nationally known Tallahassee artist Dean Gioia - who is best known for his moody landscape and seascape paintings - was looking for a new ...

A friend of Wakulla County Sheriff David Harvey said he was with the sheriff the night of the hit-and-run crash and that Harvey was not intoxicated.

First Grade began the year with a field trip to the Mary Brogan Museum. The trip, Magnificent Museum, was a hit with our younger learners.

LECTURE Learn about state's coral reefs The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory will host 'Florida's Coral Reefs: Threats, Decline, Management and Signs of Hope' - the next lecture in the ...

At the Dec. 2 meeting of the Franklin County commission, county planner Alan Pierce opened bids for the contract to build the proposed Eastpoint boat ramp and turned the bids over to consulting engineers ...