Photo of the Day
Jeremy Dykes shot this Photo of the Day Thursday morning.
Month: December 2020
Uber CEO: Drivers need prioritized vaccine
Saying drivers and delivery people have been a “lifeline to their communities,” Uber’s chief executive officer on Thursday asked Gov. Ron DeSantis to prioritize the COVID-19 vaccine for the online platform’s workers.
Pensacola State College faces fight over in-person classes
As the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths continue to climb, faculty members at a Northwest Florida college are challenging administrators’ decision to boost face-to-face instruction during the upcoming spring semester.
Movement underway to rename Navarre bridge after Trump
In honor of departing President Donald J. Trump, Republicans of Santa Rosa County are petitioning county commissioners to rename the Navarre Beach bridge after him.
Without public notice, county splits with attorney
County Attorney Roy Andrews sat quietly at the dais just a few feet from Santa Rosa County’s commissioners as they publicly discussed whether or not to fire him.
New seasonal sides at Scooter’s
Cooler temperatures are rolling in and that means warm winter sides are on the menu at Scooter’s Fish House to compliment some of the freshest seafood on the Emerald Coast.
Fried cabbage and collard greens are among the featured fall/winter sides.
Planning college future has changed with COVID
The pandemic and its restrictions have made things much more difficult for seniors this year.
Here’s how a few of Navarre High School’s seniors have adapted:
Organize your quarantine office space with Closets by Design
In a year full of chaos and change, an organized home can create a sense of calm. Waking up to an organized space and knowing where things are establishes a sense of serenity to start your day.
The team at Closets by Design Emerald Coast can design an attractive storage space for any area of your home that needs organizing. And the best part? It’s designed to fit your budget, too.
For God’s Sake
I am from Canada where, as I say far too often to my wife, we speak the Queen’s good English. The first time she met my family, she was slightly intimidated by their precise diction and greatly amused by their accents and “quaint” vocabulary.
Letter to Editor: Will new park be bird friendly?
Did you know that birds in the United States have decreased 29% since 1970! Or that the mass of migrating birds in the spring has declined 13% between 2007 and 2017 with most along the East Coast?
To improve those numbers, “Birdscaping” plants should be chosen to provide food and shelter year-round, said Leonard Perry, horticulture Professor Emeritus with the University of Vermont. “Native plants should be a major component, as they provide a huge food source for birds, especially insects which have co-evolved with them,” Perry said. “Ninety-six percent of terrestrial bird species depend on insects – and lots of them.
Many landscapes now contain relatively few native plants, perhaps no more than 25%. A goal of gardeners should be to increase this percent, to perhaps as high as 75% native plants. Even a modest increase in the number of native plant species in a landscape can increase the number of bird species and overall numbers of birds.” A variety of landscape plants is extremely important when creating wildlife habitat.
Who knows what plants are included in the Navarre Park design? What percent are “birdscaping?”
If it is important to you to attract eco-tourists to Navarre Park or sit in the park yourself observing nature, please let the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners hear from you at BOCC@santarosa.fl.gov.
Elizabeth Major
Gulf Breeze