Community Archive

As cheesy as it might sound, answering an ad on Craig’s List has changed the lives of Jessika Hickman and the members of Sacred, a self-described “alternative metal” band that is building a following regionally. And now, the band is enjoying the release of its first album “Ashes to Ascension.”

Girl Scouts from Troop 850 in Navarre and other troops across the Panhandle are learning valuable lessons and earning money all at the same time through the Fall Product Program, which is currently underway.

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.

Jim Strange, a true Southerner, spoke slowly and at times haltingly, often covering time without specifics.

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.

“This is the most I ever talked about Vietnam,” Dennis Allen murmured, glancing at his wife, Judy.

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.