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Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) board member, James Dabney, has been accused of stealing water for the past 16 years, which would date back to 2006.

On Dec. 2, Santa Rosa County School District’ Exceptional Student Education department will welcome families from Escambia, Santa Rosa, and Okaloosa counties to St. Sylvester’s Catholic Church in Gulf Breeze to discuss district and community resources available to students with Individual Education Plans (IEP).

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office K9 Dozer will receive a bullet and stab protective vest thanks to a charitable donation from Vested Interest in K9s, Inc., a non-profit organization. The vest is expected to be delivered within eight to ten weeks.

Not all of Santa Rosa County’s growth is in Pace and East Milton. There’s still property to develop in Navarre.

The county’s Development Services Department is reviewing site plans for two waterfront housing projects, one on the mainland and one on Navarre Beach. The developments both are designed according to existing Land Development Code zoning standards, so the cases will not go before the Zoning Board or county commission. As long as staff approves their plans and they receive the appropriate permits, the developers can go ahead with their plans.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services (SRCAS) is hosting a reduced-cost microchip drive-through clinic on Wed., Dec. 7, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Santa Rosa County Animal Services, located at 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton. Only cats and dogs are eligible to be microchipped and the shelter will be closed to set up and run the clinic.

In a break from tradition, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners skipped the sitting vice chairman and named District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright chairman for the coming year. Commissioner James Calkins, vice chairman for the board’s 2021-2022 term, presided over the first part of the commission’s organizational meeting Tuesday, Nov. 22.

Over the past few months, there have been a number of complaints from residents living in and around the area of Coral St. and Highway 98 of a smell the area. There has been little word from those who can fix the problem, Holley Navarre Water System. That was, at least, until Tues., Nov. 15.

At the Water System board of directors’ most recent meeting, the board discussed their solution to the odor issue. HNWS staff said they have looked into a number of options for how to alleviate the odor issue.

On Nov. 10, the Santa Rosa County Commission voted four to one in favor of purchasing land off Commerce Road, with the possibility of using the land for a new District One Medical Examiner’s Office building.