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Copies of what is described by Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office as a “suspicious” letter were dropped off by a white male May 8 at more than one Santa Rosa School District facility — reportedly Berryhill Elementary and the School Board office on Canal Street in Milton — prompting Superintendent Tim Wyrosdick to contact law enforcement and issue what some parents have described as a vague, confusing message on May 10.

Family members, friends and fellow service members of the military’s explosive ordnance disposal technicians traveled to Northwest Florida last week from all over the nation to be in attendance for a weekend that included an EOD memorial ceremony Saturday to honor their fallen warriors — both past and present.

The sequestrations that have handcuffed many military programs and activities are not limited to the military alone.

Staff Sgt. Brian Dunnagan, an Explosive Ordnance Technician with the 1st Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron at Hurlburt Field, made the following comments Friday, April 26, during a presentation to the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce:

Only six projects have been submitted for consideration to the Santa Rosa County RESTORE Advisory Council, an 11-member group representing local government, chambers and citizens appointed by the Board of Commissioners.  The council is tasked with developing a comprehensive plan to implement the RESTORE Act and soliciting and reviewing potential projects to make funding recommendations to commissioners.

Santa Rosa County deputies reported to a Navarre Beach residence to investigate a disturbance call on May 2, and left having busted up a meth lab operation.

SUNRISE (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott kicked off a series of visits to Florida public schools Monday to promote the approved budget that includes teacher pay raises as part of a big boost in education spending, a perennially popular issue with voters who will decide in 2014 whether the Republican merits a second term.

Residents of Southwest Santa Rosa County and Southeast Escambia County are reminded that the Republican Primary for Florida House District 2 special election is Tuesday, May 14. This is to replace the late Clay Ford’s seat. The primary will only be open to registered Republicans in Florida House District 2.

Area law enforcement arrested four people on narcotics charges and welfare fraud on May 1 at the Emerald Sands Inn in Milton after following up on reports of suspicious activity.

TALLAHASSEE (AP) — Lawmakers ended their 60-day session Friday, waiting until the final hour to pass a $74.5 billion budget and then leaving town without passing a bill to extend health care coverage to 1.1 million Floridians.