If commissioners approve a proposed plan to update the county’s antiquated analog emergency communication system, each property owner in Santa Rosa County will be assessed about $10 a year for seven years to help fund the $7.2 million upgrade.
Rotten eggs or chlorine? Those are the choices Navarre residents have when it comes to how their water will taste or smell until Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) is able to repair the broken Fairpoint Regional Utilities (FRU) water line that was struck by lightning in April.
A local legislative coalition is pushing purchase of a $1.44 million site in Pea Ridge as the location for a future county courthouse. Voters will decide between that site and two other parcels during the Nov. 4 general election. Voters will also decide if they want to fund the project using a one-cent sales tax increase for a period of five years.
Property owners in Santa Rosa County may soon be able to get property tax credit for certain improvements made to homes or commercial property. The Florida Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) Funding Agency is working with county officials to provide a funding mechanism for storm hardening and energy efficiency improvements.
Family and friends are mourning the loss of two-year-old Payton Lee Stone who died Sept. 23 from injuries sustained in a car crash Aug. 5. Her mother, Milton resident Ronni Stone, died at age 20 in the crash.
