On a weekend during the summer, most people along the Gulf Coast are dealing with waves at the beach but for one group of people in Navarre, the weekend of June 24 and 25 was an opportunity to see a different kind of wave.
For the past few years, nursing shortages have been on the rise in hospitals and assisted living facilities.
While these places make up a large portion of the shortages, the problem is also affecting the home healthcare industry too.
With a smile on her face and her parents by her side, 9-year-old Lilliana Boczar takes small steps as she lightly kicks a soccer ball across the grass.
She’s not officially part of the Raider soccer camp taking place at the Navarre Soccer Complex on a hot and humid evening in early June, but she is made to feel like she is.
The Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Office (TDO) released the results of a community survey, which ended June 1. The survey asked for public input concerning possible future amenities and projects for the Navarre and Navarre Beach areas.
Approximately 1,695 people answered the survey. There was a list of seven Navarre Beach amenities people were told to rank from top priority to lowest priority.
The Santa Rosa County Library System held their second week of summer reading program activities at each of their five library branches across the county. The featured presenter for the kindergarten through fifth-grade crowd was Michelle’s Magical Poodles, a troupe of trick dog performers who live with their owner, Michelle Harrell, in the Tiger Point area.
Emerald Coast Writers, formerly known as West Florida Literary Federation, is again publishing its biennial anthology, “Emerald Coast Review,” and is looking for submissions from regional writers and artists.
A Blue Angels pilot, a magician and a group of poodles who do tricks walk into a library. No, this isn’t the start of a joke, this is the Santa Rosa County Library System’s Summer Reading Program.
It was a packed house at the Navarre Area Board of Realtors (NABOR) office Thursday, June 8, as community members and county officials, past and present, gathered to honor the life and legacy of Ira Mae (Wells-Hewatt) Bruce.
Commonly referred to as “the first lady of Navarre,” Ira Mae played a prominent role in the progress and development of Navarre’s early years, its business community and the quality of life of the residents.
Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but sometimes Floridians can get a little too much sun.
Recently, Miami-Dade County declared a “heat season” similar to hurricane season to raise awareness of the dangers that heat can present to the health and well being of Floridians. Although northwest Florida is about as far from Miami-Dade as you can get without leaving the state, extreme heat still presents dangers along the Emerald Coast.
They say dogs are man’s best friend. While most friendships are developed over time, the friendly demeanor of the dogs from Love on a Leash is instantaneous.
This is evident each time the Gulf Breeze chapter of Love on a Leash visits Navarre Gardens, one of a number of senior living centers the nonprofit visits monthly.
