Month: June 2017

Navarre Sign

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

Typical Robbie Williamson thinking. He goes to remove a public sign at 1 am WITHOUT any tools. Now that he admitted he did it Robbie should be charged with destruction of public property. When the new sign goes up and if someone doesn’t like it, according to Robbie, they can remove the sign. Can you picture Robbie stumbling around at night looking for tools?

Take Stock in Children rewards 11 graduates

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Community.

Take Stock in Children and the Santa Rosa Education Foundation awarded $154,000 in scholarships to 11 graduating seniors May 24.

Power pole causes

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Community.

Tim and Karen Price love their new home in Holley by the Sea. They moved to the area from Atlanta in recent years, and they said they had friends in the area. Driving through the neighborhood, they said they knew they wanted to live here.

West Navarre students’ end of year projects wow

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Community.

West Navarre Intermediate School students in Janet Bryan’s and Jessica Teague’s classes closed out the school year with a hands-on project to wow their parents.

Downtown Milton among top concerns for Florida Trust

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Community.

In 1877, William Keyser built a brick and mortar store along the shore of the Blackwater River in the heart of Milton. At the time Milton was a growing community, a mill town focused on the export of pine timber throughout the region and across the world.

Absenteeism hampers work of tourism council

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Business.

While bed tax collections are up for another month, the board responsible for making recommendations on how to spend that money is shrinking.

Raiders shine off the field as well as on it

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2017. Posted in Beach.

Navarre’s football team hit the beach last week but it had nothing to do with surfing, swimming or even a game of flag football on the sand.

Tunes by the Dunes launched

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in Beach.

After 10 years of Thursdays in the Park, the revamping of the annual weekly concert series as Tunes by the Dunes made its debut on Navarre Beach Thursday to a packed crowd.

Santa Rosa among nation’s top 50 scam targets

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in News.

If it seems that you’re getting more of those suspicious phone calls lately from someone claiming that you’re way overdue on money owed to the Internal Revenue Service or on a credit card, welcome to the club.

Rabies alert issued for Santa Rosa County

Written by Staff Reporters on June 8, 2017. Posted in News.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County has issued a rabies alert for the Navarre area. The alert comes on the heels of a report of a positive test result for rabies in a cat June 3. The alert will remain in effect for 60 days.