Community Archive

Mentors are vital to the success of the Take Stock in Children program and Santa Rosa County Student Services Coordinator Monica Turner is currently searching for new ones to avoid a shortage.

Down time really isn’t a thing for the Santa Rosa Quilt Guild.

Its latest project reached a new group Friday morning.

A fundraiser is underway to purchase seven incubators for A HOPE, Inc, an animal rescue organization in Milton.

Santa Rosa Kids House Chili Cook-Off and Car Show was held Saturday, March 6 at Ollie’s Neighborhood Grill in Milton.

Bed tax revenues continue to rise in Santa Rosa County, with January showing a 34.91% increase over the previous year.

Here comes Peter Cottontail.

The Navarre High School (NHS) cheerleaders will be transforming into Easter bunnies the night before Easter this year and leave many yards full of colorful eggs.

On a typical day along Navarre Beach, the Gulf of Mexico is calm and clear. You can see the white sand below it and the creatures that swim past your feet.

With 1,400 children in foster care in the area and more than 600 of them needing food and shelter, GFWC Santa Rosa Woman’s Club has launched a “Help Feed the Children” drive as part of a statewide women’s club initiative to encourage “Love, Respect and Kindness” for all.

From March 1 to April 30, club members will ask retail businesses, offices, neighborhood homeowners’ associations organizations, civic and church groups, realtors, gyms, clubs and corporate offices to serve as collection sites for the drive.

When the Angels in the Outfield coed softball tournament takes place in April, it will be about more than just a game.

The tourney, scheduled to take place the weekend of April 8 at Tiger Point, is being done to not only honor students who have died by suicide in the area in recent years but to raise awareness and funds as well.

A bald eagle is not the bird you expect to see on your Saturday trip to the beach, but for some Navarre locals, it is a pleasant surprise.

It’s currently nesting season in Navarre for the patriotic poultry, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission records.