The Property Appraiser’s Office handed back a check for more than $231,000 to Santa Rosa County Tuesday, Nov. 7, after it came in under its allotted budget for 2015-16.
Oyster populations are poised to thrive again in the region thanks to the Oyster Cultch Placement Project, a $5.3 million regional plan designed to enhance and improve the oyster populations in Pensacola Bay, St. Andrews Bay and Apalachicola Bay.
Moving to a new place can be daunting, especially for a child. It can mean being in an unfamiliar school with unfamiliar people and no idea where social hot spots and basic necessities are located.
At the age of 21, Melanie Angelis was diagnosed with a heart condition that doctors told her would have her on painkillers and anti-inflammatories for the rest of her life.
We are human and the struggle is real. What I mean by that is that as humans, there is always something that we will struggle with. The seriousness of the struggle varies, of course, but unfortunately there will always be some sort of struggle we are facing.
The Trust for Public Land today announced that 626 acres of Wolfe Creek Forest has been acquired and added to the Blackwater River State Forest. The acquired property includes frontage on Big Coldwater Creek, which is widely used for kayaking, tubing, and canoeing by community members. It also includes a spring-fed state paddling trail beloved by area paddlers and birdwatchers.
Steve and Ann Hering get it: numerous neighbors of their would-be 60-house subdivision on Navarre Beach adamantly oppose the project, in part because the couple owes about $1.4 million in back property taxes.
