An estimated 650 pets, ranging from Great Danes to guinea pigs, were honored Sunday, April 7, in the annual Blessing of the Pets ceremony at Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church.
The dreaded Indo-Pacific Lionfish have been spotted in local Gulf Islands National Seashore waters, and park officials are exploring the idea to allow capturing by spearfishing, something which has traditionally not been allowed by the National Park Service within park waters other than Biscayne National Park in south Florida.
Santa Rosa County residents are invited to join the Guardian ad Litem Program, its volunteers and community in remembering the abused, abandoned and neglected children who exist in every community at 4:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 16, at the South Riverwalk pavilion in Milton.
Treasure hunters from across the region are expected to converge on the Panhandle along the Highway 90 corridor as Flea Across Florida, the state’s longest flea market, comes to Santa Rosa County, April 12-14.
“How unfair!” exclaimed Kim Macarthy, former Main Street Milton president, regarding a local non-profit organization receiving a 25-year lease from the Santa Rosa County Commission for a 5,000-square-foot historic building on Highway 90 in downtown Milton for a rate of only $10 per month and without a request for proposal process.
“I have good news,” said Santa Rosa County Commissioner Jim Melvin regarding his trip to Tallahassee for the Florida Association of Counties Legislative Days on April 3-5. “The Sovereign Immunity Bill has gone away. All 67 counties reared up and really roared. It’s dead and never coming back.”
Although formal education is important to Joe Manis, he is proof that one can become successful by hard work, dedication to the job, study, and learning by listening and doing when someone makes an effort to teach you.
