Community Archive

The newly formed Holley-Navarre Historical Society held their first meeting Saturday and elected a board of directors for the group.  Romi White, one of the organization’s founders, took no nominations from the floor.  Instead, she nominated Connie Clarke as president, James Broxson as vice-president and Dee May as secretary/treasurer.  While a few in the audience were unaware of who those people were, the vote went forward and the board installed.  Two of the three board members were not present at the meeting.

Santa Rosa County will step up its oversight of commissioners’ social media use by creating official Facebook pages for them.

Swinging over pits of water, climbing up slopes as you struggle to gain footing on a slippery surface and jumping into a bath of ice might not seem like the most enjoyable way to spend a weekend.

The Panhandle Butterfly House will celebrate its Grand Opening for the 2016 season on Saturday, May 7 at 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants state officials to review spending by Visit Florida, the state’s tourism marketing agency.

Santa Rosa County has a new ambassador that will call the Florida Welcome Center on I-10 home.  Her name is Myrtle the Turtle and she has her own hashtag (#myrtletheturtle).

Air Force veteran Robert Reyes had the idea to have a Pub Crawl in Navarre to support local businesses and to raise money for the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast. Little did he know then – that six years later, he would be the owner of a local business, O’Connor’s Pub and Grill. “That never crossed my mind six years ago, but here I am.” Reyes told Navarre Press.

Although the planned new bridge across Pensacola Bay has a budget of more than $450 million, there aren’t any plans for signage that points the way to Navarre Beach from the revamped northwestern gateway to Santa Rosa County.

Jim Norton, former owner of Gulf Breeze Cinema 4, and a leader of the nonprofit organization The Pensacola Film Festival, is bringing family focused movies to Navarre for the next few weeks under the auspices of Navarre Community Cinema. The features are shown every Saturday at 1:30 p.m. and the $5 admission covers free admission to the movie and a small popcorn and soda.  Showings are at Henderson Hall, next to St. Augustine Church at 7810 Navarre Parkway.

The one-day reptile show held in various cities all over the country came to Navarre on Saturday.  In the pouring rain, Reptiday brought out the curious, the squeamish and the serious to the Days Inn Conference Center to see the reptiles on display and for sale.