Community Archive

Navarre Beach Marine Park will soon be marked as the first stop in the new Florida’s Playground Trail.

Residents of Holley are signing a petition, urging the county to add playground equipment, restrooms and bleachers at Holley Ball Park. Currently the 3.5-acre park owned by the county and located on Bob Tolbert Road, has sparse accommodations, including a ball field, batting cages and one portable toilet.

County commissioners from Escambia and Santa Rosa joined forces to lobby the United States Senate, specifically Senator Bill Nelson, over a controversial amendment added to House Resolution 2954, Public Access and Lands Improvement Act that would prohibit the construction of a pass or channel through Santa Rosa Island.

Thelma Jiranek was in her 30’s when she decided to become a Spelunker – that’s those folks that explore caves … holes in the earth; deep and dark holes … caves … where bats and creepy crawlers live;

Dr. Karen Chapman, Director of the Florida Department of Health in Okaloosa County, has issued a rabies alert in response to three bats testing positive for rabies within the past 30 days in the same general area. The rabies alert, which went into effect on Wednesday, Sept. 17, is for 60 days.

This weekend two major events are taking place at the beach – The Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival and Navarre Beach Fishing Rodeo. Those events are serving as a prelude to a monthlong celebration of the best October venues Santa Rosa has to offer during the 2014 Beaches to Woodlands Tour.

Gulf Breeze officials hope a new proposed ordinance will help keep vacant lots looking clean and orderly.

“He says, ‘Ooo ooo ahh ahh!’” 3-year-old Auburn Clark said, moving her arms like a monkey and sporting her green Curious George shirt at the Navarre Library’s Monkey Party Sept. 16.

It was a moment that will stay with Paula Patching forever.

Light rain joined voices singing the national anthem at the Navarre High School 9-11 commemoration ceremony. As soon as the anthem concluded, so did the rain.