Community Archive

Plans to construct a wildlife rehabilitation and conservation education center in Holley took a big step forward last week as the county issued a development order for property along Clopton Circle.

In a unanimous decision by the commissioners present, miniature pigs were approved to live in the subdivisions of Santa Rosa County.

The University of West Florida (UWF) launched the second installment of Gulf Stories Sept. 24, a free online course that explores a range of topics, from art and advanced manufacturing to citizen science and coastal ecology.

In one night, the ladies and gents of Navarre raised more for the exceptional families of the Emerald Coast than they did in the entirety of last year.

John Hurd is 86 years old and has been running in the Senior Games in Pensacola for 25 years.

On the evening of Sept. 20, Navarre High School senior Sarah Brown prepared for an evening to honor her at the American Legion Auxiliary in Navarre for making her mark as Governor alongside hundreds of Florida girls.

Here she is, Mrs. Florida, and she calls Navarre home.  

Few 17-year-olds understand the sometimes complicated innerworkings of Florida’s legislative process. Even fewer have lived it.

Main Street Milton (MSM) is reviving the downtown farmers market in Milton.  Formerly known as the Riverwalk Market, the new Main Street Market will bring the best of local produce, food, arts and crafts to Milton.  Relocating from the Riverwalk area to the more visible City Parking Lot located at 6850 Caroline Street (Highway 90), in the heart of Downtown Milton, the Main Street Market will provide a variety of locally grown produce, gifts, arts and crafts, flowers, clothing, prepared and hot food items and live entertainment from local artists.  The Main Street Market will be held on the first Saturday of the month in October, November and December from 8 a.m. to noon.  For the fall, those dates are Oct. 6, Nov. 3 and Dec. 1.  The Market will resume in the spring with dates in March, April and May. 

The morning started on the brink of dawn Friday as Navarre High’s Student Government Association set up on the football field in preparation for more than 200 students Friday. A few early risers danced in the stands not waiting for the event to officially start at 6 a.m. before getting it into full swing.