Girl Scouts enter a new era
Technology is ever-changing and traditional youth groups such as the Girl Scouts are on board for evolving in a technology-based world.
Month: August 2017
Navarre senior studies medicine at FSU summer program
Navarre High School senior Dylan Porter, 16, has his sights set on becoming a doctor. Attending Florida State University’s College of Medicine Summer Institute this summer has solidified that dream for him.
Drones take Navarre
Buzzing overhead on zipping propellers, they can hover, glide and even do tricks. They are mounted with cameras, advanced scanners and dancing lights.
Day to celebrate America’s favorite treat
In the late 1930s, just south of Boston, sales of Nestle brand economy size semisweet chocolate bars were exploding. The sales spiked so much the company sent a representative to the area to discover the source of the peaking profits.
TripAdvisor names best restaurants in Navarre
TripAdvisor has picked its top 10 restaurants of Navarre, and the names are familiar to many locals. But keeping a business, especially a restaurant, in the top is challenging, Scooter’s Fish House owner Scooter Taylor said.
Reef expansion set to begin
Navarre Beach’s gulf side artificial snorkel reef will triple in size by as early as September.
Volunteers press on with Great Scallop Search
While severe weather conditions have canceled parts of this year’s Great Scallop Search in Santa Rosa Sound, volunteers with the UF/IFAS Florida Sea Grant Extension Santa Rosa County office will take to the surf again Saturday in hopes of finding seagrass-dwelling bay scallops.
Bets in for high-stakes pier contract
Promises, promises.
Williamson earns second consecutive FAC Presidential Advocacy Award
The Florida Association of Counties (FAC) presented Santa Rosa County District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson with his second consecutive Presidential Advocacy Award at the 2017 FAC Annual Conference and Exposition.
High school administrator arrested for prescription fraud
A Gulf Breeze High School administrator was arrested July 20 after passing a fraudulent prescription, police said.