Opinion Archive

The blooms and leaves have confirmed the year’s progress toward the summer. The rising temperatures and lengthening days have been a boon to the birds and animals, too.

The blossoms in Santa Rosa County are popular with insects and arachnids for a variety of reasons. Some insects enjoy the nectar and pollen, using it to great effect.

HNWS must get out of the golf course business. 

When the Eglin project comes to fruition, the disposal capacity of HNWS will more than double, and there will still be room at Eglin to double that capacity again. 

On my 16th birthday, I went straight from the driver’s license bureau to the Howard Johnson’s by the interstate and got my first job.

Back then, that’s what teens did. They worked in restaurants and were grateful for the opportunity.

It’s been a crazier week than usual in this business with everything from small sinkholes to buried bodies, fatal wrecks and a bank robbery.

We also had a car drive into a Holley by the Sea house, and then drive away.

Going “green” is all the rage these days. Businesses, politicians, public figures and more are promoting their commitment to ecological purity and environmental quality.

In nature there is plenty of green this time of year, especially the chlorophyl-based pigment.

I was perusing some old photos of my parents from early in their marriage and found it strange to see them acting playfully like two young people in love.

I have no doubt that they loved one another, I just don’t recall seeing that playfulness growing up. Having brought nine children into this world, life was not easy for them.