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Let the good times roll… on golf carts. That’s exactly what happened on the streets of Navarre Beach Saturday afternoon at the 1st annual Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Golf Cart Parade.

More than 4,000 people have signed two petitions that oppose expanding borrow pit mining in Santa Rosa County.

One petition is on the national website change.org and the other on the local website sponsored by the three governing bodies, Holley-Navarre Water System, Midway Water System, and the city of Gulf Breeze, comprising the Fairpoint Regional Utility System (FRUS).

After fishermen hooked a 12-foot, 6-inch tiger shark Wednesday, photos shot of the event lit up the internet.

The fishermen, reportedly associated with True Blue – a self-described community of shark fishermen based in Milton – walked the fishing line down the pier and pulled the animal into shallow water, where they measured, tagged and released it, according to spectators.

Santa Rosa County commissioners will not vote Feb. 25 on whether to repeal key wellfield protections as anticipated. Instead, county staff will bring the matter to the board at the Feb. 9 work session to ask for further direction.

When the temperature dips below 40 degrees, folks with homes turn on the heat. And a few of them head to Ferris Hill Baptist Church in Milton.

That’s where the county’s only cold weather shelter program opens, offering dinner, a cot, restroom facilities and breakfast for folks who need a place to stay.

Santa Rosa Beach attorney Daniel Uhlfelder, who has attracted national media attention during the coronavirus pandemic by dressing as the Grim Reaper to criticize the state’s handling of COVID-19, has set up a political committee to target Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Florida on Wednesday topped 27,000 resident deaths from COVID-19 since the pandemic started. Here is a breakdown of the counties that have had the fewest resident deaths:

— Franklin County: 10

— Dixie County: 13

While Santa Rosa County officials and residents wait to hear from the state and the regional water management district about proposed changes to wellfield protections, some commissioners are digging into other options.

The Navarre Beach Fishing Pier’s new restroom facilities are ready for installation.

After several years of delays, the last hurdle to installation of the new restroom are minor repairs to the portable facility.

It means everything or nothing, depending on who you ask.

The Santa Rosa County website includes a copy of a card that individuals can print out and sign that identifies them as members of the Santa Rosa County Militia. The bearer, according to the card, is an “official member of the SRC Militia” and “thereby entitled to all rights and benefits accorded.”