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.
Marsha George, born in Portland Oregon, didn’t bring an accent with her, but she brought her interesting, full bodied, a la Phyllis Diller laugh that makes others laugh.
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, and Santa Rosa Kids’ House, which provides services for abused children, is holding related awareness activities. Last year there were more than 1,500 reports of child abuse in Santa Rosa County, and the group hopes to curb that number through prevention efforts.
Beth Walters and Dan Ramsey started out their two-year terms as Holley By the Sea Board members in July believing they were up to the challenge, but eight months later, both resigned within a week of each other for very different reasons.
Fourteen area residents completed a 26-hour Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) course that ended with a mock disaster exercise March 30 at the Holley-Navarre Senior Center. The Navarre Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) conducted the training over two consecutive weekends.
