Tobacco Free Florida in Wakulla County is urging the local school board to review its tobacco policy to ensure all students, faculty, staff, and visitors are protected from exposure to tobacco, including new and emerging products.
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By LINDA ANN McDONALD
Correspondent
Wakulla County School staff attended the 2025 Florida Farm to School Conference in Orlando. The event, organized by Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, and was attended by Food Services staff Marina Mudryy, Kathleen Newton, Robin Ryder and Wakulla County School educators Kimberly Bartnick and Shelly Parks.
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By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor
F.R.E.S.H., the group behind the annual backpack and school supply giveaway that has helped Wakulla County kids for the past 14 years, held a little dinner and awards presentation on Friday night at Palaver Tree Theater.
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By RACHEL PIENTA
Wakulla 4-H Shotgun Sharpshooters Team Hits Mark at State Match
The Wakulla 4-H Shotgun Sharpshooters team traveled to Jacksonville on March 22 to compete in the annual Florida 4-H State Shotgun Match. This event is a qualifier for the 4-H Shooting Sports National Championships scheduled for June in Grand Island, Nebraska.
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Aw, shucks
An estimated 8,000 showed up for Saturday’s Beer and Oyster Festival at Woolley Park on Saturday. There was beer, there were oysters, there was music and a good time was had by all. Panacea Waterfronts hosted the event as a fundraiser. More photos on Page 11. (Photos by Gerald Brown)
Continue readingWakulla commissioner argues against legislature’s term limit bill for county commissioners
By DARA KAM
News Service of Florida
TALLAHASSEE — Rural officials are balking at legislation that would allow voters to decide whether county commissioners should be limited to eight years in office, arguing that the restriction would quash the voices of local residents.
The Senate Ethics and Elections Committee last week voted 6-2 to approve a proposal (SJR 802) that would put in the Florida Constitution eight-year term limits for county commissioners and school board members. The Legislature in 2023 approved eight-year term limits for school board members, but those limits are not in the Constitution.
Sopchoppy’s Stingers Honey Co. specializes in the local delicacy
By BEVERLY
CROWSON PARRISH
Correspondent
When you hear bees buzzing in the spring, you know it won’t be long before Sopchoppy beekeepers will be “robbing hives” for one of the rarest honeys in the world–tupelo honey.
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