Pensacola Beach Airshow not grounded after all
The sights of angels and the roar of jet engines will indeed grace the skies and captivate aviation enthusiasts over Pensacola Beach, despite sequester budget cuts that threatened to cancel the team’s 2013 schedule.
Here’s looking at you… Frank and Brenda Thompson
When Frank Thompson left Montgomery, Ala., to live in West Palm Beach, he was too young to remember a Montgomery snowfall, but after graduating from John I. Leonard High School, he joined the Army and got more snow than he wanted.
Humane Society of Pensacola offering Bathe-in to keep dogs clean and pest-free
Get your pooch scrubbed clean and prepared for pest season, and support a cause while doing it.
Permits available to experience the thrill of alligator hunting
Have you ever wondered how it would be to catch and bring into the boat a 10-foot gator? If the answer is yes, then here’s your chance to experience an alligator hunt. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) has more than 5,000 permits available to participate in the 11-week alligator season, which runs Aug. 15 – Nov. 1.
HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU LINN AND LINDA CAMPBELL
Linn Campbell flashed the proverbial Cheshire cat grin when I asked if his siblings, Lee, Beth and Marilee, got him into trouble growing up in Republic, Mich., “I didn’t need any help, I got in my own trouble,” he admitted, laughing.
Ore. museum displays traditional paddling boats
Missing are the walrus hide coverings and baleen lashings. But otherwise, the amazing kayaks on display in Southeast Portland are pretty much historically accurate.
TDC addresses traffic problems
Traffic congestion caused by the signal at U.S. Highway 98 and Navarre Beach Bridge was one of several important traffic issues addressed by the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council at its monthly meeting April 17.
‘Taste of Navarre’ serves up Iron Chef
Renowned Chef Geoffrey Zakarian has plied his trade worldwide: Paris, London, Nice, Lyon, Navarre. Wait…Navarre?
NJROTC heading to nationals
The Navarre High School NJROTC Unit members recently received a pleasant surprise with the news that the unit was selected as the best unit in Area 8, and will be heading to nationals.
Goldring Gulf Distributing makes offer to buy county land
On the heels of the good news that Priton Homes has begun hiring in Santa Rosa Industrial Park, Santa Rosa County commissioners approved the sale of a 35-acre parcel located on East Milton Road for a reduced price of $20,000 per acre to Goldring Gulf Distributing, LLC, a business which had been code-named Project Gold Rush by the Santa Rosa Economic Development Office.
















