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Nurse sharks move

April 24, 2024 / Legion Taylor

Gulf Specimen’s sharks are now residents of the New York Aquarium

Cypress Rudloe and Hunter Eichler with nurse sharks at Gulf Specimen Marine Lab. Some of the nurse sharks at the lab had grown too large for Gulf Specimen’s tanks and were moved to the New York Aquarium.

Story & Photos By
LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter

Gulf Specimen Marine Lab recently transferred three nurse sharks to the New York Aquarium located in New York City.

Drowning reported in St. Marks

April 24, 2024 / Staff Report

Staff Report

A drowning was reported Saturday in St. Marks.

Two lawsuits against county are settled

April 24, 2024 / William Snowden

One lawsuit challenged the bid awarded for county’s new radio system for first responders

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Wakulla County recently settled two pending lawsuits: one was filed by Williams Communication challenging the decision last year to award the bid to construct a new radio system to Motorola Solutions.

Sol Eclectica art is open

April 24, 2024 / Linda Ann McDonald

Artist Rachell Mathis sells her work at festivals, Small Business Saturday

‘Wakulla Woman’ painting, above, of a woman paddling on the Wakulla River.

Story & Photos By
LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent

Sol Eclectica is a new local Wakulla County inspired art business owned by Rachell Mathis of Sopchoppy.

Sopchoppy School celebrates 100 years on April 13

April 24, 2024 / Special to The Sun

Rhonda Bright, Callie Quigg and Sarah Strickland.

Photos provided by Callie Quigg

Medart School of Music to hold spring recital

April 24, 2024 / Special to The Sun

Special to The Sun

The Medart School of Music will be having their Spring recitals on April 27 at the Panacea First Baptist Church located at 38 Otter Lake Road. There will be performances at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Come enjoy a variety of music performed on a variety of instruments by these young musicians!

Stephen Smith Regatta this weekend

April 24, 2024 / Special to The Sun

Special to The Sun

For the past 50 years, the Stephen C. Smith Memorial Regatta (www.smithregatta.com) has been held at Shell Point Beach for the benefit of the American Cancer Society in memory of Stephen Smith, a local sailor who died from a rare form of leukemia at the age of 29.

Wakulla High School theatre students visited the Wakulla Senior Center on Thursday, April 18 to share with them some pieces from their upcoming production of “Anything Goes.”

Nurse sharks move

Gulf Specimen’s sharks are now residents of the New York Aquarium

Drowning reported in St. Marks

Two lawsuits against county are settled

One lawsuit challenged the bid awarded for county’s new radio system for first responders

Sol Eclectica art is open

Sopchoppy School celebrates 100 years on April 13

Medart School of Music to hold spring recital

Stephen Smith Regatta this weekend

Question of the Week

Weekly Roundup: Farewell to a Florida statesman

‘ANYTHING GOES’ AT SENIOR CENTER

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