Editorials
- Cranks My Tractor
- Cutting the Cheese
- BN Heard
- Folks at the office tend to take their vacation time around the holidays. It’s actually a good time to get a lot of work done if you are running behind. My next door office neighbor Duane and I were enjoying lunch in his office. We’ve bee... Full story
- Easing student loan repayments
- Jason Alderman
- College costs are out of control. Total outstanding student loans hover around $1 trillion, second only to home mortgages. Student loan repayment takes a hefty toll on starting salaries even during good economic times. But with so many recent graduat... Full story
- Cranks My Tractor
- “The Confederate Soldier”
- BN Heard
- Digging around in the dirt, I first saw what seemed to look like the end of an old gun. It excited me; I knew something really interesting must have been there by the stairs where I was now on my hands and knees digging carefully with a stick.
As I ... Full story
- Credit card stolen? Here's what you do
- Jason Alderman
- Despite high-profile media attention, the odds of having your credit or debit card number stolen by crooks remains at historically low levels. That said, it's always good to know what to do in case lightening does strike and someone fraudulently uses... Full story
- Cranks My Tractor
- “Sydney and the green doughnut”
- BN Heard
- When I’m too lazy to make a cup of coffee late at night, I drive to the closest 7-11 which is less than five minutes from my house. In Virginia, 7-11’s are everywhere. The people there are nice and will make a new pot of coffee any time o... Full story
- Cranks My Tractor
- Dancing in the car
- BN Heard
- It was around 40 degrees on this last day of November. Life was catching up with me and I was tired before the day had even started. Backing out of the driveway, I turned on the music in my car and decided that I would not let this day get the best o... Full story
- Water, toil and troubles
- Port St. Joe city commissioner Rex Buzzett was on target during a recent workshop on the city’s water when he said the time may soon arrive when the city “takes the gloves off” in trying to get answers to questions about discolored ... Full story
- The energy center debate
- Yes, there is a debate to be had, as evidenced by the two letters on the next page.
The Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center proposed for Port St. Joe has attracted mixed reaction among residents of the community.
In significant part due to a... Full story
- The four-day dilemma
- TIM CROFT
- Give credit to Superintendent of Schools Tim Wilder and the Gulf County School Board for thinking boldly in the face of a significant budget crunch.
Wilder and board members have looked well outside the envelope in proposing a four-day school week.
... Full story
- The only voice that counts
- Certainly there have been critical junctures in the history of this community and we seem to have arrived at another now.
Economics are playing havoc with everything from schools to libraries to utility rates.
The county population and job growth a... Full story
