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The City of Gulf Breeze is beginning their Utility Undergrounding Conversion Project to take above ground powerlines along U.S. Highway 98 and place them underground. According to the City of Gulf Breeze’s website, the project is expected to be complete by Sept. 30, 2024.

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Gulf Breeze begins placing utilities underground

Within the next year, motorists making their way down U.S. Highway 98 in Gulf Breeze will no longer see powerlines strung above the roadway. The City of Gulf Breeze is taking on the task of placing a portion of U.S. 98’s powerlines underground through a project years in the making. The Utility Underground Conversion Project, which was laid out in the 2018 community redevelopment plan, began to take off in 2021 when funding and planning began to come to fruition. The scope of the project is to convert 4,200 linear feet of above ground wire to underground and install LED lighting fixtures. The project will cover 1.1 miles and is expected to be complete in 2024.

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Arrest made in fatal Navarre shooting

An arrest has been made in the fatal weekend shooting that took place at the Cayo Grande apartment complex in Navarre. Santa Rosa County sheriff’s deputies responded to a reported shooting at the 7700 block of Navarre Parkway at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday. Deputies discovered the body of a dead male who had been shot.

Preserve Navarre launches outreach campaign

Residents across Navarre may be hearing a knock on the door very soon. Preserve Navarre is launching an informational, door-to-door outreach campaign to let people know about what incorporation could bring. Preserve Navarre is a nonprofit organization devoted to incorporating Navarre, something which has been tried twice before (2006 and 2014) but to no avail. The organization has been active since the start of 2021.

Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge hosts spring break camp

While students and teachers had a week off from school during spring break, the folks at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge were hard at work hosting a spring break camp for kids ages 8 to 13. Despite hosting camps before, this was the first time Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge had hosted one during spring break. The purpose of the camps at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge are to help educate youth on all things animalia, from biology to ecology to the dangers they face from humans and other animals.

Hilton Homewood Suites, Home2 Suites coming to Navarre Beach

Developers plan to build a 16-story Hilton hotel/condominium building at 8469 Gulf Boulevard on Navarre Beach and, because the property’s lease is more than 40 years old, there apparently is very little Santa Rosa County can do about it.

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Business, News

Branch Properties Announces Opening of Wynnehaven Plaza

Branch Properties, the Atlanta based real estate investment and development firm overseeing several developments in the Navarre area, has announced that Wynnhaven Plaza is now officially open for business. The plaza is a 57,750 square foot shopping center. It is anchored by a 48,387 square foot Publix supermarket, which held its grand opening March 8. The property is 100 percent per-leased as of earlier this year.

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Juana’s hosts Spring Jam on new permanent stage

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Community

Holley Navarre Fire District holds push-in ceremony for new truck

Holley Navarre Fire District invited friends, family and the community to Station 45 Saturday, March 11, for Ladder 45’s push-in ceremony.

Trading up: Blended family doing ‘trade up challenge’ to get new vehicle

You might have seen them in a viral video on Tik Tok in October or at Navarre First Assembly of God, but wherever the Blended Bugbys go, they are sure to leave an impression. The Bugbys are a large family, nine in all, and are currently in the midst of a “trade up challenge” to get a new vehicle. They call themselves the Blended Bugbys as several of their children are adopted, including two from Haiti. Joshua Bugby, a development director for Children In Crisis, is the patriarch of the family. He said adoption has played a larger role in his family’s life.

Local band brings big style, entertainment

Flashy suits, dynamic dance routines and music that will get you jumping out of your chair to dance and sing along. This is The Six Piece Suits, a local panhandle band who cover music such as “rock, pop, soul, Motown and even EDM, if that’s what people want to hear,” said the band’s lead singer and guitarist Kyle Hooks.

Trading up: Blended family doing ‘trade up challenge’ to get new vehicle

You might have seen them in a viral video on Tik Tok in October or at Navarre First Assembly of God, but wherever the Blended Bugbys go, they are sure to leave an impression. The Bugbys are a large family, nine in all, and are currently in the midst of a “trade up challenge” to get a new vehicle. They call themselves the Blended Bugbys as several of their children are adopted, including two from Haiti. Joshua Bugby, a development director for Children In Crisis, is the patriarch of the family. He said adoption has played a larger role in his family’s life.

Local band brings big style, entertainment

Flashy suits, dynamic dance routines and music that will get you jumping out of your chair to dance and sing along. This is The Six Piece Suits, a local panhandle band who cover music such as “rock, pop, soul, Motown and even EDM, if that’s what people want to hear,” said the band’s lead singer and guitarist Kyle Hooks.