Owners of the Garcon Point Bridge plan to increase the toll on 3.5-mile span from $3.75 each way to $5 for most users, according to Florida House District 3 Rep. Doug Broxson who last week spoke with the attorneys representing the owners.
Marvin Lyon, 75, a snowbird who was spending the season with his wife on Navarre Beach, died Feb. 26 after he was transported to Gulf Breeze Hospital from the pier.
It’s a 10-year-old boy’s dream – on steroids. There’s monkey bars, but they’re 20 feet off the ground and hanging over a pool of water. There’s a climbing wall, but it’s 13 feet high. Then there’s the water slide, but it ends in a wall of fire.
Parents filled the halls of Navarre High School Tuesday morning as they tried to check their children out following a report of a possible gun threat. Some parents were told that their children would not be dismissed due to testing.
Amid a profound shift in America’s demographics, advocates for seniors pressed Feb. 19 for changes on long-term care, retirement security and elder abuse as the White House launched a series of forums on aging.
Even everyday activities such as dusting and walking to the mailbox can reduce older adults’ risk of heart attack or death, according to a University of Florida Health study released Feb. 18 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
The Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, recognized the Veteran Women Igniting the Spirit of Entrepreneurship (V-WISE) program as part of the 2015 Bright Ideas program. Offered through partnership between the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Institute for Veteran and Military Families at Syracuse University, V-WISE provides comprehensive entrepreneurial training to women veterans, active duty and female family members.
