Recently Sodexo, Santa Rosa County School District’s food service provider, held a healthy sandwich competition to encourage students to think about making healthy food choices while encouraging them to get active and creative in the kitchen.
The threat of rain and severe weather March 29 didn’t dampen the enthusiasm for the first Run, Walk or Roll for Mobility 5k and 1-mile run on Navarre Beach. The morning of the event, organizers chose to push the start time from 8 to 9 a.m. to allow lingering showers to move out of the area prior to the race.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare issued a voluntary recall March 28 for all alli® weight loss products from U.S. and Puerto Rico retailers as the company believes that some of the packages of the product were tampered with and may contain product that is not authentic alli®.
The Pensacola Beach Advocates announced a town hall meeting would be held April 14 to give lease holders a chance to participate in discussion on the taxation of their properties.
Santa Rosa County’s nearly 159,000 residents are the sixth healthiest in Florida, according to a study released last week comparing the overall health of Americans by county.
Santa Rosa County Tax Collector Stan Colie Nichols said litigants involved in the lawsuit over property tax assessments on Navarre Beach leases have roughly two years to pay related delinquent taxes.
Two Fort Walton Beach restaurants that were temporarily closed last week by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulations (FDBPR) have reopened for business after successfully meeting inspection standards.
Funding a proposed City of Navarre has been a hot topic since the idea of incorporation was first researched in 2006. The topic and associated questions are alive and well now that the Citizens to Incorporate Navarre are actively seeking signatures to place a non-binding straw poll about incorporation on the August 26 primary election ballot.
Each spring area roadways fill with tourists who have headed south to enjoy warmer temperatures and beautiful beaches. The tourists this year have been joined by orange barrels, signs and construction crews stretching from the Pensacola Bay Bridge to Hurlburt Field.
