Santa Claus will trade his sleigh for a paddle board this weekend and will visit the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station on Friday and Saturday afternoon.
Commissioners took action Nov. 14 to allow developer James A. “Jim” Young, Jr. to construct a borrow pit on property located within the county’s expanded well field protection area. The commission had adopted an ordinance Mar. 7, expanding the area to provide further protection of the local water supply, including a ban on resource extraction, such as dirt removal.
The Grill Restaurant at The Club at Hidden Creek is revamping its image. Pending approval from the Holley-Navarre Water System board of directors, the golf course’s restaurant will undergo a rebranding effort complete with new name, logo and additional southern-style menu items.
Political newcomer Yvonne Harper was last to file for candidacy in the 2014 Santa Rosa County Commissioner-District 4 seat, but she feels her experience in public policy and community relations should place her first in the polls come August.
Navarre Beach and Santa Rosa County are the setting for a new crime novel, “The Ghost,” which follows law enforcement as they track a serial killer slashing a path of terror across the region.
The MANNA Food Pantries received a large monetary donation from Gulf Winds Federal Credit Union, and even more in food donations from the communities in Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties during the annual Fill the Mayflower event.
Gaynelle Miller, 76, nodded in agreement; “yeah, I’m Southern; a country girl born and raised in Fulton County, Georgia,” she said, her smile telling me that we were about to go to rural Georgia.
