Community Archive

Navarre Beach isn’t the normal stomping grounds of Pine Terrace Baptist Church, but it was the site of the church’s recent student beach worship night.

The Milton church brought more than 30 youth members to the beach Wednesday, July 15, for an event filled with fellowship and summer fun.

A crowd of a few dozen people brought their paddleboards, surfboards and love for John Starrett to Navarre Beach for a memorial paddle out Sunday, July 19.

This summer, the United States celebrated its 250th anniversary. To commemorate the milestone, Pensacola State College’s Anna Switzer Gallery has been showcasing an exhibit of 50 paintings depicting America’s military history.

George Wilson, the artist behind the paintings, is a Gulf Breeze-area resident.

While “Jaws” might have scared people away from the beach, sharks drew people to the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Conservation Center on Tuesday, July 14.

The center held a Shark Awareness Day event highlighting a predator found just off the Emerald Coast.

Destiny Worship Center in Navarre is hosting a back-to-school backpack giveaway this Saturday, July 18.

Lucas Smith, pastor at Destiny Worship Center, said the church desires for the children in the community to start school with all the necessary supplies for a successful school year.

Ascension Sacred Heart Navarre Emergency Room is holding an event to get families ready for school.

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 1, the ER will host a ‘back to school’ event featuring local first responders, games for children, a bounce house, free children’s haircuts and school supplies.

Navarre residents John Starrett and Coby Thompson were full of love and life.

That is how nearly every friend and family member the Navarre Press spoke with described the couple, who died the night of July 2 in a motorcycle crash in Pensacola. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash occurred at mile marker 1 on Interstate 110 near the Pensacola Bay Center.

Ask anyone and they’ll tell you the past few weeks have been hot.

In addition to the typical summer heat, above average temperatures have been seen across Northwest Florida. Across the country, high temperatures have been attributed to a ‘heat dome,’ which is a high-pressure system in the atmosphere which encases heat within the area it is over.

Navarre Beach is nearly three months into sea turtle nesting season and already has more than a dozen nests.

According to Cinnamon Tyler, a member of the Navarre Beach Sea Turtle Patrol, the beach has seen 14 nests. Currently, 13 of those nests remain.

Pensacola Beach Air Show is back July 15 through 18.

The annual air show will celebrate America’s 250th anniversary and the 80th anniversary of the Blue Angels, who will appear each day. The event is free to the public.