Community Archive

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.

For some lawn enthusiasts, when the calendar shows the first day of spring, it’s the equivalent of the dropping of the green flag at NASCAR race.

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.

The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office is hoping a new vehicle will show clearly the better choice between getting a taxi and driving impaired.

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.

Spring officially arrived last week and that means many local residents will be taking to their backyards to start their vegetable gardens. University of Florida Residential Horticulturalist Mary Derrick said children can be part of the process from start to finish.

According to a report released by Florida© Realtors last week, the number of single family home sold statewide in February grew by less than 2 percent compared to last year, while the Santa Rosa and Escambia County market saw an increase of 19.5 percent. That growth was the fourth best among the 20 Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs) included in the report.