Community Archive

This evening’s Concert in the Park will have a special mission, featuring a donation table to benefit the planned Gulf Coast Discovery Center, a $6.9 million project that will allow the public to observe and interact with the gulf’s underwater ecosystem without ever leaving land.

Despite the Blue Angles being grounded, the show will go on through the skies over Pensacola Beach this weekend. The Pensacola Beach Airshow, that is. This year’s event will feature more than 20 civilian aircraft, but not the Blue Angels, performing awe-inspiring maneuvers beginning at 1 p.m. and lasting until 3 p.m. on Saturday, July 12, according to Buck Lee, Santa Rosa Island Authority Executive Director.

“I was born in Elmwood, Ohio,” Donald Hickman, 80, said.  “It was a small community with 13 bars, 13 churches, about 3,500 people, and I quit school and joined the Navy in 1950,” he chuckled.

The golden rule of treating others as you would like to be treated is a simple enough concept, but one seemingly too often overlooked in today’s hectic society.  The Santa Rosa County Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Class 27 is trying to change that.  The group has started a local pay-it-forward campaign designed to unite all areas of Santa Rosa County using a series of random acts of kindness.

Roth Friar, owner of Gulf Breeze Farms, is making a big impression on the community with his fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables.

Bay Haven Farms, Navarre’s only full-service equestrian facility, has been providing a “haven” for horses and riders alike for almost 20 years.

Joe Seymer, like most teenagers, figured he was smarter than his Dad — but within 24 hours, he learned his old man was a wise old owl.

While cooking from scratch might be the staple of gluten free eating, there are days when a time crunch or social event begs for ready-made food.

Pirates on the Panhandle Social Club will host a fundraiser this Saturday, June 29,  to raise money for Moore, Okla. tornado victims.

Research shows that Santa Rosa and Escambia Counties have more smokers per-capita than other Panhandle counties. But those wishing reduce those numbers by kicking the habit fortunately have plenty of options to which to turn for help.