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Fairpoint Utility, the collective of water utilities for south Santa Rosa County, announced a new strategy for stopping repeal of water well protections.

A press release issued Dec. 22 addresses a vote by the board of county commissioners (BCC) Dec. 10 to repeal a section of the Comprehensive Plan that would allow expansion of a borrow pit and vegetation dumping over the wells that supply water to all of south Santa Rosa.

Taking a chilly dip on New Year’s Day has become a tradition in Navarre over the past several years.

After a celebratory evening of ringing in the New Year the night before, hundreds of Navarre locals and tourists typically submerge themselves in sub-60-degree water for a great cause.

The Holley-Navarre Water System board voted 3-to-2 Tuesday to propose a 2021 budget to utility members that includes a 6.2% rate increase. Two board members were absent.

The hike was subdivided into a one-time 5% rate bump and a 1.2% increase based on the Federal Consumer Price Index.

The Navarre Krewe of Jesters announced their decision Friday morning to cancel the 2021 Navarre Beach Mardi Gras Parade.

The decision was made with “heavy hearts,” according to Charlene Tremor, president of the Krewe. She said general membership made the decision Wednesday night.

“It’s truly been a blessing for me,” Blaylock said. “But it was time to retire. I’m looking forward to taking some time off.”

With damage inspections completed, Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) contractors are focusing on pile driving operations and setting beams for the reconstruction of the Pensacola Bay Bridge, according to the December update.

Josh Hale, his wife Eleanor and their 7-year-old son Colton moved to Navarre Beach from Mary Esther about 2 years ago and they brought their gigantic decoration with them.

In addition to the numerous sea birds that walk along the shoreline or fly overhead, small marine creatures wash up on shore or make their home near its edge.

Some are easy to identify. Others are not.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s deputies may start the new year with some new technology as the county seeks to implement body cameras.

Sheriff Bob Johnson presented the issue to the board of county commissioners Dec. 10 as a request for a little less than $1 million for the first five years of the program.

A 26-year-old Gulf Breeze mother of two was arrested Dec. 10, nearly five months after a Santa Rosa deputy found her passed out in a car with her two children in the back seat.