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With the exception of part of 2019 and 2020, Santa Rosa County has had recycling services for at least two decades.

In 2012, the County entered a contract with West Florida Recycling, citing financial burdens from maintaining a county-run recycling service. In 2014, the County redirected their recyclables to a Montgomery, Alabama-based processor, after West Florida Recycling shut down. The following year, the Alabama recycling center shut down and recycling was back in County hands.

Santa Rosa County Zoning Board will meet Thursday, April 10 at 6 p.m. to discuss 15 rezoning requests from across the county. Six of the 15 requests come from County Commission District 4, which consists of Navarre and Holley. The meeting will be held in the Board of County Commissioners meeting room at Santa Rosa County’s government offices (6495 Caroline St., Milton). The meeting is open to the public and public comments are encouraged.

Due to anticipated weather this weekend (April 5 & 6), the East Bay Boulevard closure just west of Bergren Road in Navarre will be rescheduled. Weather permitting, the closure is expected to be moved to Saturday, April 12 starting at 6 a.m. to install a cross drain pipe with work concluding by 7 p.m. on Sunday, April 13.

Northwest Florida has a new representative in Washington, D.C. Jimmy Patronis, the Republican nominee for U.S. House District 1, defeated Democratic candidate Gay Valimont Tuesday, April 1 to replace Matt Gaetz.

How do you honor someone who meant so much to so many people?

That question is at the heart of a recent request made to Santa Rosa County District Schools to rename a facility at Gulf Breeze Middle School after Mark Stringfellow, a longtime coach at the school who passed away in January.

The number of reefs off Navarre will grow in the next few years, as Santa Rosa County officials recently approved a contract to Walters Marine for grant funded artificial reef construction. The funding amount is $900,000.

Tickets are now available for Gulf Coast Chorale’s April 25 Show, “Stories.” The show embraces the unique ability of music to tell a story that stays with us through all the seasons of life. These include stories of love, celebration, memories, coming of age, loss and more.

Each year, the Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) identifies top transportation needs—including road improvements, safer intersections, reduced traffic congestion, and expanded mobility options—to help inform funding considerations.

A contractor with Holley Navarre Water System is currently installing a pipeline to take treated wastewater produced by HNWS and Navarre Beach Utilities and send it to Eglin property for disposal. The pipeline runs through Holley and Navarre, connecting under East Bay at Jewell Road. On Tuesday, March 25, the project hit a snag when a portion of East Bay Boulevard collapsed near Jewell Road, leading to the roadway’s closure and a mad scramble to fix the issue.

Baskerville-Donovan, Inc., in partnership with Santa Rosa County, will hold a public meeting regarding the East Navarre Watershed Analysis at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 10, at the Tiger Point Community Center, 1370 Tiger Park Lane in Gulf Breeze.