The Navarre Krewe of Jesters celebrated its annual 12th Night coronation of Mardi Gras royalty on Saturday, Jan. 10, with a party at the Navarre Elks Club.
United Peninsula Association’s (UPA) first quarterly meeting of 2015 is Thursday, Jan. 29, at 5:30 p.m. in the main dining room of Tiger Point Golf Club.
Do you have a desire to help others in their time of need? Have you ever thought about how cool it would be to be able to talk to people on the other side of the world for free?
Santa Rosa County missed out on $150,000 in state grant funding for Navarre Park last July and resubmitted a $50,000 application in October. Now the county plans to seek $200,000 in federal grant funding for improvements.
Unlike most people, farmer Burl Scherler can step outside of his Colorado home, jump into his Cessna 210, and take off right from his front yard. In fact he did just that Friday afternoon, and nearly five hours later, he had left the cold of the Rockies for the slightly warmer temperatures of Navarre.
With her seventh dog-in-training at her side, LeAnne Pickering, a Canine Companions for Independence volunteer, spoke to GFWC-Santa Rosa Woman’s Club Jan. 6 at LaBrisa.
Pickering, a Pensacola resident and Gulf Breeze New York Life Financial Services Professional, is one of two CCI puppy raisers in the Escambia-Santa Rosa area, and one of 4,500 volunteers nationwide who train 3,500 dogs annually.
Santa Rosa County is accepting proposals for projects to be included in the county’s RESTORE Multi-Year Implementation Plan. Approximately $4.3 million is available to Santa Rosa County in the first dollars offered through the RESTORE Act. This initial release of funding is a small part of an estimated $20 million to $75 million Santa Rosa County is expected to receive once litigation and Clean Water Act fines against BP are finalized. The complete request for proposals, with submittal criteria, guidance, and milestones, are available online at www.santarosa.fl.gov/bocc/restore.cfm.
Born in the old Sacred Heart Hospital, Don Baker was raised around Davis and Brent Lane where, almost daily, drivers, putting their cars in the same place at the same time, alerted the neighborhood to excitement.
District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson invites residents of Holley, Navarre and Navarre Beach to play an active role in developing an improvement plan for District 4 by completing a survey to help identify and prioritize the most important issues facing the community. The four-question survey is available at www.santarosa.fl.gov/bocc/district4survey.cfm. Paper copies of the survey can also be found and returned at any of the following locations:
