As I walked away from interviewing the ladies in the adjacent story, a thought popped into my mind. I have two young girls so the lyrics to every song on the Frozen soundtrack are permanently embedded in my brain. At that moment, “kingdom of isolation” is what came to mind. I thought about what a sad truth it is that many mothers fall into a state where we become so consumed by motherhood that we end up in isolation. We end up going it alone. It isn’t usually intentional, but it certainly is true.
James Austin, who goes by Austin, is a respectful and thoughtful young man who wants to be adopted, but is afraid no one wants a child his age. We all know that is not true.
Most Santa Rosa commissioners aren’t using the official Facebook pages –offered to them last year by the county—on which their postings could be monitored and archived as public records.
As county commissioners prepare to spend millions of dollars to improve drainage in Holley by the Sea, county staff members are coordinating with the Homeowners Association to better regulate how new construction will affect drainage in the neighborhood.
The current national Sunshine Week initiative (March 12-18) to educate the public about the importance of transparency in government finds Santa Rosa lagging in how it watchdogs officials’ mobile phone text messaging.
In July 1965, a man-made waterway was opened that connected the Santa Rosa Sound to the Gulf of Mexico across a span of Navarre Beach 450 yards west of Navarre Bridge, near the boundary line with Eglin Air Force Base.
