Millions of grains of sand will once again be the canvas, and nine master sculptors will be the artists at this year’s Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival, which will dig into Navarre Beach on September 27-29.
The Panhandle Butterfly House is once again planning a party to celebrate the monarch butterfly’s annual migration to Mexico. The Monarch Madness Butterfly Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 4 and 5 at the Panhandle Butterfly House, located in Navarre Park where U.S. Highway 98 meets the Navarre Beach Bridge.
The circus is coming to town and bringing with it elephants, tigers, acrobats, magic and clowns to the Santa Rosa Mall in Mary Esther from September 27-29.
For nearly ten years, the local unit of the Reading Education Assistance Dogs (R.E.A.D.) program has been providing a way for Navarre area kids to improve their reading skills with a special kind of partner- a registered therapy dog.
Navarre resident Shane Rainwater knew that Lily, a 4-year-old Jack Russell terrier, was in a lot of pain after his daughter’s boyfriend found the dog lying on his porch, but he did not know that the pain was from a gunshot wound.
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce voted last Wednesday to be a sponsor for the Safe Communities America designation to help Santa Rosa County gain national recognition as one of the safest places to live in the nation.
A Navarre resident has been appointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Florida Independent Living Council, which promotes and advocates independent living for people with disabilities.
The fall festival season is right around the corner, and one of the most popular ways locals experience it is through Santa Rosa County’s annual Beaches to Woodlands Tour, which is celebrating its 10th year. More than 40 events are planned throughout the county in conjunction with the Tour, which takes place each weekend in October.
