Despite the fact that most fireworks are illegal in Florida, local residents and visitors supplemented professional public displays with their own shows, and that meant a few busy nights for local firefighters.
Born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia, Norm Crowder, an only, and, spoiled child – ask his wife – grew up in Woodridge, Virginia where he attended Garfield High School;
Hundreds of participants flooded South Shoreline Park June 28 and 29 for Gulf Breeze Sertoma Club’s 24th Annual Family Fishing Rodeo. Many of the anglers were children, and some of them earned a free rod & reel for completing a “how-to” course on fishing.
Locals who were in the area after Hurricane Ivan in 2005 remember all too well the post-storm communications blackout. In such situations, amateur radio operators become a crucial link between communities and emergency management officials. County commissioners honored the vital part they play during disasters with a proclamation June 26.
All candidates for fire commissioner at Holley-Navarre Fire District and Midway Fire District won election earlier this month because only one candidate qualified for each of the available seats.
The Thursdays in the Park free summer concert series has been a staple in the Navarre community for several years, but June 26 concert-goers experienced a first. Michael Cadena from San Antonio, Texas, proposed to his girlfriend Erin Harnist on stage during the intermission of Exit 4’s concert.
Roughly $80 million in Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) projects are being added to or advanced in the 2015-2019 Transportation Improvement Plan. The amendments were approved at the June 11 Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) meeting in Pensacola, which was attended by about 50 people.
The Florida Association of Counties hosted a FEMA flood mitigation workshop June 17 in Milton. Santa Rosa County staff members attended along with two representatives from Bay County. Attendees received an overview of federal programs aimed to reduce potential flood damages and lower flood insurance premiums and other related information.
