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The National Association of Defense Communities has selected 10 communities across the nation as the inaugural class of “Great American Defense Communities” for providing unwavering support to service members and military families. Santa Rosa County is one of those communities.

In a report to the Board of County Commissioners, Pete Gandy, military consultant for Santa Rosa County, spoke of his annual trek to Washington DC last week.  Gandy traveled to the nation’s capital as part of the Northwest Florida Defense Coalition to meet with the congressional delegation and pentagon senior leaders and representatives.

In a Monday committee meeting, the Board of County Commissioners has decided, in line with staff recommendations, that the Flood Mitigation Assistance Program will be abandoned in 2016 due to lack of resident participation.  The vote will take place in Thursday’s full County Commission meeting.

Santa Rosa County Tourism Director Julie Morgan applied for the same position last December in Walton County, where the job pays roughly twice her current $68,000 a year.

In a tribute and memorial ceremony that has been planned for months, Navarre united with family members of the lost four Louisiana Air National Guard soldiers and the seven Marine Special Operations Command members who died March 10, 2015, in a training accident over the waters of Navarre Sound.

On March 10,2015, Leadership Santa Rosa Class 29 was preparing to embark on a trip to our State Capitol. I was nominated as the class spokesman because of what I do with the Sheriff’s Office. Little did I know, I was about to speak to the entire nation about a tragedy which was taking place here within our relatively small quiet community.

Problems with tainted food don’t only affect children and adults; pets can be severely impacted also.

After months of delays, families were able to move Friday into three of the 56 apartment homes that are now available at The Sound at Navarre Beach on U.S. Highway 98 in Navarre. One building is ready to be occupied and the welcome center is now staffed with a representative of Greystar, the management company.

Despite being given $80,000 in Santa Rosa taxpayer money as an incentive to stage its military-style obstacle course near Milton, Tough Mudder Inc. is apparently reneging on its contractual agreement to host a pre-event party.

Would you like to round that up?  Firehouse Subs has been asking that question of customers since 2005 when they created the Firehouse Subs Public Safety Foundation.  The organization’s mission is to provide funding, life-saving equipment and educational opportunities to first-responders and public safety organizations.  Through the nonprofit arm of the company, they have given more than $17 million toward public safety including more than $3.1 million in Florida.