When 11-year-old Kaden Cortello is asked whether he likes the bath, he claps his hands together with delight and smiles hugely.
But the more Kaden grows, the more challenging bath time becomes. His family is raising funds to expand his standard bathtub into one they can wheel him into.
Despite a global pandemic trying to put a halt on Mardi Gras this year, a Tiger Point neighborhood came together to celebrate the season with a foot parade Sunday.
Navarre locals, visitors and pets, it’s time to get your green on and sign up for the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce’s first Shamrock Stroll 5K Run/Walk.
The March 20 event was approved by the Board of County Commissioners Feb. 18.
Kiersten Palanek has always been interested in photography.
She took a class for it online in middle school and now gets an opportunity to do it inside a school as part of a growing photojournalism program at Navarre High School.
It might have rained on this parade, but it didn’t matter. Hundreds of people in the community came out Feb. 12 to shower the special needs guests of Night to Shine with love and support. There were 64 guests and close to 250 volunteers, all of whom celebrated in the rain Friday night.
Devin Beaulieu, a 2018 Navarre High School graduate, successfully completed eight weeks of U.S. Coast Guard basic military training and graduated from USCG Training Center Cape May with Company November-199, in Cape May, New Jersey.
Denise Lockwood still gets phone calls and messages from those who knew her son. Some send flowers on her birthday. Others drop in to say hello when they are in town.
Even former Florida Gator football players who listened to Ian Lockwood speak the morning of the Outback Bowl a decade ago still keep in contact with Denise, reminders of how inspiring her son truly was.
Not every 10-year-old boy gets off the school bus most days, grabs his yard tools and heads over to his neighbor’s house to see how he can be of assistance that day.
For Navarre boy Nicholas Swanson, this is his routine.
