Jul 17, 2014
Hidden Creek has new general manager
Ty B. Bilbrey is the new General Manager for The Club at Hidden Creek. Ken Walker, Executive Director for The Club at Hidden Creek, LLC and General Manager for Holley-Navarre Water System, which owns the golf course, said Bilbrey started in his new role July 14.
Jul 17, 2014
Cole explains stormwater grant turndown
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Bob Cole recently explained to Holley by the Sea residents why the county rejected a $3 million stormwater mitigation grant that could have helped flood-prone neighborhoods. Cole told property owners at the home owners’ association June meeting that the required local match of about $1.2 million was only part of the reason the county didn’t accept the funds in 2007.
Jul 17, 2014
Man faces 50 years for sex crimes
A Santa Rosa County man was convicted July 10 of having sex with several teenage girls after giving them alcohol to get them drunk during a weekend camping trip to Chumuckla in February 2013.
Jul 17, 2014
Former principal files gender discrimination lawsuit
A former Santa Rosa County principal who was reassigned after a non-school related December 2012 incident has filed a second lawsuit – this time against the Santa Rosa County School District.
Jul 17, 2014
Navarre advocates make case for RESTORE
Although Navarre is the largest community in Santa Rosa County, it is not incorporated like Milton, Gulf Breeze or Jay. Those municipalities appeared before the local RESTORE council Monday, seeking project funding from monies expected from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Additionally, representatives from Navarre area organizations attended too to make their pitch for funding.
Jul 10, 2014
Pet foods follow human trends
Humans are not the only ones watching what they eat these days. The healthy and natural food trends taking over store shelves have extended into pet foods as well.
Jul 10, 2014
Weather, birds slow tar mat removal
Nesting shorebirds and uncooperative weather have slowed the removal of a tar mat that was found June 21 not far from shore in the Fort Pickens Area of Gulf Islands National Seashore. U.S. Coast Guard Public Information Officer Natalie Murphy said removal efforts were temporarily suspended June 27 and have not yet resumed.
Jul 10, 2014
Junior Ranger Program available locally
Gov. Rick Scott proclaimed July as Recreation and Parks Month, observing that parks and recreation programs contribute to a healthy lifestyle, boost the state’s economy and promote cultural diversity.
Jul 10, 2014
Teamwork gives ospreys new home
Good neighbors, members of the Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge (ECWR) and the Midway Fire District worked together last week to give three juvenile ospreys a new home in Gulf Breeze.
Jul 10, 2014
Blue Angels sponsor Navy recruits
Members of the U.S. Navy’s Blue Angels attended the commissioning ceremony of Navy Recruit Division 940 – the squadron’s first sponsored division of Navy recruits – June 30 at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes, Ill. The Recruit Division Sponsorship Program allows Navy commands to interact with recruits during training and take part in the “Sailorization” process of turning a person into a well-rounded member of the U.S. Navy – making civilians Sailors.