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Dec 8, 2021

Water system to conduct utility easement survey

Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) customers in the Woodmont Estates area of Holley by the Sea (HBTS) were recently notified that HNWS will begin performing utility easement work on their properties.
Dec 8, 2021

Potential apartment development worries residents

Santa Rosa County is steadily growing, and with more people moving to the area, developers are looking for new places to add housing.

Navarre is a particular hot spot, growing by 30% to just over 40,000 people since 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Dec 7, 2021
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Healing Paws service dog finds new home, occupation

Knock on the door of Dave and Lynn Piech’s home in Holley by the Sea and you will be greeted loudly. Five lab mixes – all rescues – rush to greet visitors in various stages of youth and exuberance.
Dec 7, 2021

Santa Rosa Superintendent honored for transparency

Dr. Karen Barber, superintendent for Santa Rosa County District Schools, was awarded the CivicCon Government Transparency Award for proactively raising the district’s reporting of COVID-19 to “an unsurpassed level of transparency and detail.”
Dec 4, 2021

11-plus foot tiger shark reeled in off Navarre Beach

A Texas man who comes to the Navarre/Pensacola area twice a year to shark fish reeled in his largest ever Saturday off Navarre Beach.

Marcos Mijango reeled a pregnant female tiger shark early Saturday afternoon and quickly released her. She was 11 to 12 feet in length, he estimated.

Dec 4, 2021
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Fall fishing: Some species have moved offshore, but there are still fish off the pier

Wander out to the end of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier on just about any day of the year, and you’ll find folks fishing.
Dec 3, 2021

Fairpoint releases third-party study on water quality

Fairpoint Regional Utility System, Inc. (FRUS) just announced the findings of a comprehensive third-party study conducted on the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, in untreated water samplings.
Dec 3, 2021

Meet the candidates for the Holley-Navarre Water System board

The Holley Navarre Water System, Inc. will hold its annual meeting, including election of director, on January 18, 2022. The meeting will be called to order at 7 a.m. and voting will take place from 7:30 a.m. till 7 p.m. at The Club at Hidden Creek, 3070 PGA Blvd.
Dec 3, 2021

Tibet Drive remains closed as next step sorted out

District 5 Commissioner Colten Wright said progress is being made on the restoration of Tibet Drive.

The small privately owned road has fallen into such disrepair that it has been closed for months.

Dec 2, 2021

Setting Records: Navarre Beach Fishing Pier breaks attendance, revenue records

When the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners meets Dec. 6, they will learn what they may already realize.

The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier was so busy this year that the rent paid to the county more than doubled.

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