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Help for citizens concerned about neighborhood noise potentially arrived June 22 when commissioners approved a new ordinance that will help the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office enforce nuisance noise.

The ordinance, which passed 3-1, uses a decibel-based standard to enforce infractions rather than law enforcement determining if a noise is “plainly audible.”

After 39 years dedicated to teaching and, 37 of those years spent pioneering the Gulf Breeze High School (GBHS) drama department, Margie Timmons retired from her fulfilling career.

Students from current and years past came together June 27 to surprise Timmons with an evening of performances at the Saenger Theatre in her honor. Actors and actresses, all at some point under the direction of Timmons, performed songs and scenes from old plays they had put on and took Timmons on a trip down memory lane, leaving her with tears in her eyes.

The Santa Rosa County School District has signed a contract on an option to buy land for a new school at the corner of Willard Norris Road and Tanglewood Drive in Milton.

Florida health-care providers are going back in time.

The growing emergence of telehealth, or telemedicine, as a way to deliver health care has been a silver lining during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dollar General at 8485 High School Boulevard in Navarre is now open, according to a release from the company Monday.

Here’s your answer: With the American flag being so near and dear to our hearts, some question it when they see altered versions of the flags commemorating law enforcement, the military or other organizations. For example, at least one Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office vehicle has a flag image for its front license plate with one of the red or white lines being replaced by a thin blue line.

Aaron Clay of Kiln, Mississippi was the big winner at Saturday’s GOAT Kayak Fishing Tournament. He reeled in a 36-pound cobia, two red snapper and two king mackerel to take home a $5,000 prize.

Red flags were flying on the beach, but those conditions were still an improvement over last weekend’s, when the tournament was originally scheduled to take place.

Deputies from Escambia and Santa Rosa county pursued a man Saturday evening who had outstanding felony warrants for his arrest. The pursuit took place, in part, on Interstate 10 in both counties. The Florida Highway Patrol briefly assisted with the pursuit. The driver was in a Kia hatchback, according to officials.

Some call it rough surf.

Derrick Benton calls it ideal conditions for a kayak fishing tournament in the Gulf of Mexico.

District 3 Commissioner James Calkins falsely claimed that Santa Rosa County is the only county in Florida that does not participate in the Guardian Program.