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The smell of Thai food cooking. The sight of a martial arts demonstration. The sound of Thai music over a loudspeaker.

These are some of the experiences that greet visitors at Wat Florida Buddharam. On Sunday, April 12, the Buddhist temple hosted a celebration of Songkran, the Thai New Year.

Santa Rosa County recently held its first annual volunteer appreciation event to recognize volunteers at county owned and managed departments. The event was held at Santa Rosa County Auditorium.

The Navarre Park splash pad is expected to open May 1.

Navarre Community Access Road is heralded as a solution to Highway 98 congestion issues through Navarre.

The 16-mile, two-lane Community Access Road, which has already undergone a Project Development and Environmental (PD&E) Study, is slated to be a combination of expanded residential roadways and new roads going east and west from Edgewood Drive to Panhandle Trail. Other alternate plans would have it extend to Fox Den Drive or Whispering Pines Boulevard.

It’s never too early to have a plan. This weekend, residents across Santa Rosa County are invited to a free Disaster Services Expo on Sunday, April 26 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Bayview Community Center, located at 2001 E. Lloyd St. in Pensacola.

American Legion Post 78 in Milton is hosting the inaugural Young Patriots weekend this Saturday and Sunday, a two-day program aimed at bringing civics, community service, and patriotism education to middle and high school students across Santa Rosa County.

The Florida Department of Health in Santa Rosa County (DOH-Santa Rosa) is urging residents to avoid contact with wild and stray animals as bat maternity season gets underway, warning that the period from April 16 to Aug. 14 brings a higher risk of rabies exposure.

A single-vehicle crash Friday morning in Holt left one man dead.

Student Led Academic Teams (SLAT) have become a major focus of Santa Rosa County District Schools in recent years. This teaching technique gives students an opportunity to show and develop leadership skills, while allowing teachers to take a step back and focus on student needs for subjects.

Recently, a teacher at Oriole Beach Elementary School was given an honor only one other teacher in the U.S. can claim for her implementation of SLAT.

A couple of dogs on Quail Roost Drive are causing concern, neighbors said.

In late February, a group of dogs allegedly charged at Leila Flack in what her husband, Brandon Ryan, described as an “attack.” On April 6, one of the dogs reportedly bit Chris Hempel, who lives on El Dorado Court.