Category: Community (Page 19 of 24)
Community news from around Wakulla County
Special to The Sun
Local author J. Kent Thompson will be speaking at the Wakulla County Historical Society meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 9, at 4:30 p.m. at the Wakulla County Public Library, 4330 Crawfordville Hwy.
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Dorothy Lucille Simmons Noegel, known affectionally as “Mama LuLu,” turns 95 years young on Dec. 24th and we had a little party at C-Quarters Marina in Carrabelle. This was not the first gathering for Mama LuLu as her 85th, 90th and now 95th were hosted at C-Quarters by her daughter, Amy, and son-in-law, Russell Cohoon. Mama LuLu served the citizens of Florida with the Road Department (DOT) and then the Public Service Commission. She was born in Monticello and resides in Oclockonee Bay. (Photo special to The Sun)
Post Commander Roxann Dressel is thrilled at the large turnout of the meeting of the American Legion Jake Pigott Memorial Post 114, at the Wakulla County Public Library on December 18th.
Continue readingBy WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The City of St. Marks appears to have finally gotten its tax levy and budget for 2023-24 approved.
Continue readingRobert Standeford sued after leaving the sheriff’s office, claiming he suffered whistleblower retaliation
By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
The lawsuit by former Wakulla deputy Robert Standeford against the sheriff’s office for wrongful termination was before Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith on a motion to dismiss the case last week.
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Waypoint Properties won the Gingerbread house contest with a gingerbread beach house.
Continue readingBy LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter
Sopchoppy city commissioners were provided an update on the master plan for the water system, which they had put in motion a few months ago.
The meeting was held last week, on Monday, Dec. 18.
By LEGION TAYLOR
Reporter
A citizen appeared at the St. Marks city commission meeting two weeks ago to call for Commissioner Paul Sheddan to resign from the commission entirely.
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