The Santa Rosa County Commission voted Jan. 9 to provide $1500 for the Navarre Garden Club to purchase trees for a giveaway in celebration of Arbor Day, which is celebrated in Florida on the third Friday in January. Commissioners asked that the funding be used within the county, specifically at Green Up Santa Rosa, if possible.
Google has not yet released their futuristic eyewear Google Glass to the public, but Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce president, Tony Alexander, was able to get his hands on a pair in order to help find missing children across the nation.
Despite efforts to get his derelict boat out of the Santa Rosa Sound before his pretrial diversion agreement expired, Jeramiah Shastid was issued a notice by Santa Rosa County to reappear in court Jan. 16.
Hosts of the popular History Channel television show “American Pickers” are coming to Florida this month, seeking barns, warehouses and buildings full of antiques, namely large, unusual and interesting collections. The trip is aimed toward taping new shows leading up to the May 2014 kickoff of the show’s fifth season.
Pullum Commerce Park, LLC had 20 of its properties on the north side of Technology Avenue near the Northwest Florida Industrial Park foreclosed upon by Hancock Bank Nov. 25.
According to a former employee, it was quite literally costing the Navarre Church’s Chicken an arm and a leg to stay open. The restaurant, located at 8068 Navarre Parkway, closed its doors Dec.12, and former employees said that the reason for the abrupt close was due to the fact that the location had been losing money.
Gulf Power has just completed the installation of nearly 1,000 LED streetlights from Bayshore Road in Gulf Breeze east through Navarre to the Okaloosa County line to help keep drivers more safe when traveling at night.
