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Members of Navarre Beach Fire Rescue (NBFR) gathered with family and friends to watch the Land Rover “Defender Above & Beyond Service Awards” ceremony held on Tuesday, Sept. 28. The awards recognize the exceptional service of seven nonprofit organizations across the country.

The Board of County Commissioners tasked Matrix Design Group to enhance and complete a strategic plan for Santa Rosa County.

However, when Matrix presented the Santa Rosa Strategic Plan 2035 during Tuesday’s commission meeting, the commissioners were not unified in their feelings toward the final product.

Vendors at the Gulf Breeze Flea Market are grappling with uncertainty as plans for a new high school on the same property begin to take shape.

Navarre Beach Fire Rescue (NBFR) has won the ‘Fire Safety & Response’ category of Land Rover’s “Defender Above & Beyond Service Awards.” The grand prize is a 2022 Land Rover Defender, which will be outfitted to the department’s specifications.

The Holley-Navarre Fire District is one of 14 recipients in Florida of a grant that will help the district to hire an additional 12 firefighters.

A multiple vehicle accident is being cleaned up in the median U.S. Highway 98, near Harvest Village in Navarre. Traffic is slow moving, but delays should not be significant.

A 52-year-old Gulf Breeze man was sentenced Sept. 23 to four months in jail on charges of video voyeurism and disorderly conduct. Robert Sampson was an employee at the Department of Veteran Affairs when he placed a hidden camera in a restroom at the Pensacola VA Joint Ambulatory Care Center.

Heavy recent rains have led to the temporary closure of the Club at Hidden Creek. Regular golfers say it was closed all last week and Monday.

Santa Rosa County District Schools will host a groundbreaking for a new Pace K-8 school on Mon., Oct. 4, 11 a.m. at 3354 Wallace Lake Rd. in Pace.

The number of new COVID0-19 cases in Santa Rosa County increased slightly from 811 cases the week before to 827 this past week. The number of new vaccinations dropped by nearly 300 in the same time frame, down to 721 from 1,088.