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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lt. Gen. Bradley Heithold became the 10th commander of the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) July 3 at Hurlburt Field. Heithold, in an interview with Navarre Press, said his number one priority is clear.
