Many people have the dream of writing a book someday, but for most “someday” never comes. Northwest Florida residents will have a chance to make that dream a reality starting this month when local resident Nancy Gaskins hosts a series of free workshops in communities across area.
In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal appeals court has again found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has the authority to investigate the causes of offshore oil spills.
A Holley-Navarre Middle School student won first place in the Rotary Club of Navarre essay contest offered to all eighth-grade students in the Navarre area. The contest asked entrants to write an essay on what the Rotary Four-Way Test means to them. Area schools each presented their three best essays to the Rotary Club of Navarre and a committee chose the winning essays.
Centennial Bank, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Home BancShares, Inc., with a location in Navarre, recently acquired all the deposits and substantially all the assets of Doral Bank’s Florida Panhandle operations through an alliance agreement with Banco Popular of Puerto Rico, the successful lead bidder with the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) on the failed Doral Bank of San Juan.
Holley residents are rejoicing after news that the community’s sole convenience store is slated to reopen under new management by the end of the month.
CareerSource Escarosa and the CareerSource Florida network recently celebrated the one-year anniversary of the launch of a unified brand. On Feb. 10, 2014, Florida became the first state in the nation to achieve aligned brands for its state board consisting of 24 regional workforce development boards and nearly 100 career centers.
Santa Rosa School Board member Carol Boston will be a featured speaker Saturday, Feb. 28, at an interactive leadership workshop for women sponsored by the Institute for Women in Politics of Northwest Florida. The event will take place at 40 South Alcaniz St. in Pensacola in facilities provided by IHMC (Institute for Human and Machine Cognition) and will run from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Thanks to a statewide program that supports students from middle through high school, 23 Navarre graduates are attending college on a full scholarship.
