County News

Please join us for the Ribbon Cutting of  Olan “Buddy” Ward Park & Maritime Museum. The ceremony will be held on April 18 at 11:00 am at the old Lombardi Seafood Landing Park. The invitation with all the information is attached below.

Olan Buddy Ward Park Invitation

BE PREPARED FRANKLIN

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If you are not signed up for Alert Franklin you will not receive alerts.

Please go and sign up today!

Go to www.franklinemergencymanagement.com and click the link to sign up.

HURRICANE SEASON IS APPROACHING!

If you have not obtained your reentry tags do so today.

Contact Franklin County Emergency Management at

850-653-8977

or go to our website at www.franklinemergencymanagement.com

Reentry tags will not be issued when the EOC is activated for a storm event.

If your reentry tag has an expiration date disregard the date, they are still valid.

Please be advised that the Franklin County Board of County Commissioners has extended their Amnesty Days for storm debris and yard trash. All other trash will be charged at its regular rate. Debris which is brought in by commercial contractors or builders will NOT be accepted as Amnesty.

Hours for Amnesty Day will be 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. and dates are as follows:

March 30, 2019

April 6, 2019

April 13, 2019

April 27, 2019

For more information, contact the Franklin County Central Landfill at 850-670-8167 or [email protected]

The Weems Radiology Department is excited to announce the availability of ULTRASOUND services!  Amanda Wilson Byrd, a lifelong resident of Apalachicola, will be the Sonographer in our new Ultrasound Unit.  We will start taking appointments on February 4, 2019 and we will start seeing patients on February 7, 2019. If anyone would like to schedule an appointment for an ultrasound, please call (850)653-8853.

Need help using the Building Permit Public Search Portal? Watch this video for a quick tutorial on how to search for permits.