Port St. Joe News

Healthy Start's fifth annual Baby Shower will be at 4 p.m. ET May 23 in the Centennial Building, 300 Allen Memorial Way in Port St.

Two weeks after hearing the extent to which taxpayers are underwriting the losses at Five Points Landfill the Board of County Commissioners debated issues of recycling and mandatory garbage pickup for county residents.

Pictured are members of the Port St. Joe Lions Club, led by President Jim Norton, and board members from the St.

Lauren Wagner, a sophomore at Port St. Joe Jr./Sr. High School won this year's Congressional Art Competition for her watercolor painting, "Boat in the Ocean." Originally painted for a classroom assignment to express Florida through paint, art teacher Julie Hodges enjoyed the vivid colors of the piece and submitted it to the competition.

On May 23 the Healthy Start Coalition for Bay, Gulf and Franklin counties will host its annual baby shower in Port St.

He and his student are now creating a Historic Structure Report on the building summarizing its historic and architectural importance.

Young readers will explore all things underground this summer as the Gulf County Public Library presents "Dig Into Reading" during its summer library program.

The Panhandle Writers will hold a book signing at the Cape San Blas Lighthouse Gift Shop from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. ET on Saturday, May 11.

Artist-in-residence Dolores Lowery has spent the last four weeks teaching Gulf and Franklin County students different school subjects through the creativity of art.

Healthy Start's fifth annual Baby Shower will be held Thursday, May 23 at 4 p.m. EST in the Centennial Building, 300 Allen Memorial Way, in Port St.

The Artery Studio will be opening its doors to the public this weekend, for a Spring Art Sale and Open House.

Among local projects included in the state budget currently being crafted by the Florida Legislature is a $325,000 appropriation to fund the relocation of the Cape San Blas Lighthouse.

Early voting for the Port St. Joe municipal election begins Saturday at the Supervisor of Elections office at 401 Long Avenue.

These bikers were 18 members of the Sumter Landing Bicycle Club and most of them were enjoying their first visit to the Forgotten Coast.

The Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award luncheon was held Wednesday, April 24 at the Sunset Coastal Grill in Port St.

In preparation for the big 100, Mayor Mel Magidson appointed several committee members late last year to plan out a series of events that would take place on and around July first, the official day that the town became incorporated in 1913.

Starting May 2, America's Great Plein Air Paint-Out will welcome 23 artists from around the world to the Forgotten Coast where they'll spend 10 days making art, hosting workshops and taking in the local culture.

Ford is the owner and operator of Satellite Republic Coffee, a new company located in Marianna whose product has quickly found its way onto local shelves and maybe even into your kitchen's Brewmaster 5000.

The Gulf County Board of Commissioners, three current and former commissioners and a Port St.

A commemorative coin, die-struck in brass and gold-plating will soon be available for purchase to serve as a reminder for the upcoming 100th birthday of Port St.