School board, COAST settle

Posted onAuthorWilliam Snowden

The St. Marks charter school submits new application, pays district’s legal fees

Wakulla School Superintendent Rick Myrhe

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

The Wakulla County School Board and the Charter School for Arts, Science and Technology (COAST) in St. Marks have reached a settlement, it was announced at the school board meeting on June 15.
The school board voted at the meeting to accept COAST’s newly submitted charter application.
On the recommendation of Superintendent of Schools Rick Myhre, the school board voted to reject the application from COAST back in March.

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Charge against Kemp dropped before trial

Posted onAuthorWilliam Snowden

Former county commissioner Mike Kemp

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Days before former County Commissioner Mike Kemp was to go to trial on a felony charge of tampering with a witness, the state attorney’s office dropped the charge.
The state attorney’s office appealed another felony charge against Kemp, dismissed by the judge in the case, for using a public record to harass. That matter is still pending before the 1st District Court of Appeal.

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Noreen Britt retires

Posted onAuthorLinda Ann McDonald

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By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Noreen Britt is the face of the Wakulla County’s rec park. After 34 years as Wakulla’s trusted “go to” for all recreational athletic related programs, Britt is retiring.
Alongside her duties at the rec park, Britt has also been dually employed with the Wakulla School Board. “I worked 37 hours a week at the school board alongside the rec park for 35 hours a week – for a 72 hour every week – for 22 years. I worked weekends too, but it is something that I love. The personal satisfaction is simply great.”

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Fourth of July celebrations set

Posted onAuthorStaff Report

Staff Report

Fourth of July celebrations are set for St. Marks and Sopchoppy on Saturday:

  • Sopchoppy Fourth of July Festival will begin with the annual parade at 4 p.m. through downtown, then music and fireworks at the City Park.
  • St. Marks Fourth of July Celebration will be held beginning at 4 p.m. with vendors and food trucks. Fireworks over the river at dark.

America 250! – We’ve come a long way, baby!

Posted onAuthorLynda Kinsey

By LINDA KINSEY
Staff

Putting the America 250 special section together for all of you in the future has been my pleasure. Wish we had more time and space to share more.
Here we are in 2026 wondering what life will be like in 2076 so I’m going to go over a few changes we have had in the past 50 years.
I remember when we only had land line telephones and it was long distance to call about anywhere, even Wakulla Station. Many of us still had Tallahassee addresses until the E911 addresses were implemented in the mid 1990s. After the land lines came the cordless phone, you could actually talk on the phone and pull weeds from your flower garden, prep food and other time saving projects.

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VFW holds Salute to Veterans event

Posted onAuthorLinda Ann McDonald

Veterans at the event included County Commissioner Ralph Thomas, Robert L. Ponder, County Commissioner Fred Nichols, and Sean Golder of the local VFW.

Story by LINDA ANN McDONALD/Correspondent
Photos by GERALD BROWN

Wakulla Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary Post 4538 hosted the 3rd annual A Salute To Our Veterans event at the Wakulla County Community Center on Friday and Saturday, June 26-27th.

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