The proposed Navarre Beach Bridge toll died not with a bang, but with a whimper, at the Oct. 9 Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners meeting.
This September, students from Navarre Beach Marine Science Station (NBMSS), accompanied by local divers and community partners, gathered to remove harmful marine debris from beneath Navarre Beach Fishing Pier.
According to NBMSS director Charlene Mauro, it’s the only student led underwater cleanup of its kind in the U.S.
This summer, Navarre Beach Fishing Pier had 134,741 visitors and collected $253,671.12 in county revenue.
The county-owned pier is managed by Ken and Tamara Fountain and it the longest pier in the Gulf of America and is a hot commodity for fishermen, both local and visiting.
Water supply was shut off last week to various residences, hotels and businesses along the eastern side of Gulf Boulevard in Navarre as workers with the Santa-Rosa-County-owned beach utility replaced two valves along Sonata Court.
At the Sept. 8 Board of County Commissioners meeting, commissioners discussed raising fees across Santa Rosa County—including on boats, parks and facility rental fees and animal services fees. Consensus across these discussions made it clear, such fee costs in the county would be going up. During the Sept. 11 commissioner meeting, the new fees were approved.
Twenty-four years ago, Sept. 11 became an infamous date in the annals of American history.
Four planes were hijacked, with three crashing into major American buildings, such as the Pentagon and Twin Towers of the World Trade Center. Nearly 3,000 people died, including hundreds of first responders.
The Pensacola lighthouse has stood tall along the sandy shores of Pensacola Bay for nearly 175 years.
Now a museum, the lighthouse has quite a history, relating to the Civil War, its lighthouse keepers and the supposed ghosts which haunt the tower and keeper’s quarters.
Jon Hill, the executive director of the Pensacola Lighthouse and Maritime Museum, helps keep the lights on.
