Community Archive

For 2 ½ years, Nicole Gunter wanted backyard chickens. After learning about the 4-H Club in Milton at the Santa Rosa County Fair, she started raising chickens and a year later her backyard pets won Best of Show and Best in Breed at the fair.

Ed Mashburn lived in Navarre more than 20 years ago. He loves the area and returns often to make trips for kayak fishing.

Betsy Dale Adams will sign copies of her investigative book “Immunity From Justice, Pat’s Story,” on Sunday, March 8, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Navarre Chop House.

A hard-working, devoted husband and father of three from the small community of Holley, just north of Navarre, was named Civilian of the Year for his classification category during Eglin Air Force Base’s Feb. 13 annual award ceremony.  

It’s no secret that the south end of the county isn’t pedestrian friendly, and a recent survey underscored residents’ concerns about safety along U.S. 98.

Amnesty Day, which offers south Santa Rosa County residents the opportunity to dispose of household hazardous waste at no charge without having to drive to the central landfill in Milton, is scheduled for Saturday, March 21 from 8 a.m. to noon at the Santa Rosa County South Side Service Center located at 5819 Gulf Breeze Parkway in Midway. Amnesty Day is not a recycle day, but a special day for disposal of household hazardous waste.

Gulf Power filed a petition asking the Florida Public Service Commission to approve an agreement that would make the utility a leading purchaser of wind generation among Florida utilities. The agreement would be the first of its kind in the state.

If not for Jack Wetherell’s vision, the Panhandle Butterfly House may never have come to fruition.

Meagan Hughes and her fiancé, Jeff Knutson, have had a New England Patriots flag and Seattle Seahawks flag flying in front of their home this football season.

From its humble beginnings in 1986, when Burt Johnson and Ken Leveque Jr. first founded the Navarre Krewe of Jesters, the organization has grown from 10 members to more than 80.