A year has passed since the bombings at the Boston Marathon last April that left three people dead and hundreds injured. But that tragedy isn’t keeping runners away from the race this year.
The 2014 Santa Rosa County Fair closed Saturday, and two Navarre area families brought home top prizes for their 4H poultry projects. The Gunter and Burger families’ success is even more amazing since this was their first year taking chickens to the fair.
Navarre incorporation proponents have hired a consultant from Cape Coral, Fla., to complete a feasibility study, which is another step in moving the community toward becoming a city. Citizens to Incorporate Navarre member Laurie Gallup said BJM Consulting was chosen because of their experience.
National Library Week is April 13 – 19 and libraries in Santa Rosa County are working to spread the word that libraries here change lives. The national theme is “Lives Changed @ Your Library.”
“Yes, I saw combat, but there’s not much to talk about,” said Bob Haney, when asked about war in Vietnam. “I got shot at, and I shot back … I dropped lots of mortar rounds on folks that might not have needed it …” his voice became muted.
The state’s longest yard sale, called “Flea Across Florida,” will take place Friday and Saturday along the U.S. 90 corridor, known as the Old Spanish Trail. The 272-mile sale route runs from Live Oak to Pensacola.
The Santa Rosa County Commissioners at their meeting today are expected to approve a $125,000 grant request, which in part would be used to purchase an underwater camera that could stream living video of marine life at the Navarre Beach Marine Sanctuary’s Gulfside reef.
Many people choose to spend their retirement in the sunshine along the clear waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Crime Prevention Specialist Cindy Sarver has another idea. Just a few days after retiring from the sheriff’s office, Sarver and her husband Frank packed up and headed for Meridian, Idaho.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) has investigated six reports of Formosan termites in Santa Rosa County during the first quarter of 2014. If the trend continues, the number of Formosan termite infestations would be 10 higher than last year’s total of 14.
Five three-man teams of divers – three Army and two Navy – hit the Santa Rosa Sound in Navarre at about 8 a.m. Saturday heading off on a 25k race to raise money for the Fisher House of the Emerald Coast. The Fisher House at Eglin Air Force Base provides military families housing close to a loved one during hospitalization for an illness, disease or injury.
