If you have been driving on East Bay Blvd. at any point over the last few months, you might have taken a detour down Edgewood Drive or Bergren Road. This alternate route is being used because of ongoing construction work by Santa Rosa County and its contractors.
The County is replacing and upgrading cross drains at seven sites across East Bay Blvd. and along the pedestrian multi-use path adjacent to the roadway. A cross drain, sometimes referred to as a culvert, is a structure designed to drain water away from a roadway or development. These cross drains channel water runoff into East Bay.
While the Navarre Beach Lifeguards keep tourists and locals safe at the beach this summer, a new generation is being trained to follow in their footsteps.
The Navarre Beach Junior Lifeguard program, which is entering its third year, helps strengthen children and teens’ swimming and water related skills, while also teaching them about waterways, marine life and other things about the Gulf of Mexico.
“To all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous blessing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.” – Isaiah 61:3
Losing a loved one can be a hard thing to deal with. Losing a spouse, the person you chose to walk through life with, can be even more difficult. A local nonprofit wants people to know that they are not alone.
Mariachi’s Mexican Grill is expanding – and moving.
There are plans to develop an 8,000 square foot Mariachi’s Mexican Grill at the corner of Tiger Trace Blvd. and Gulf Breeze Parkway. Once built, Mariachi’s Mexican Grill will move into the new location, with plans to lease the current space (2731 Gulf Breeze Parkway).
The Santa Rosa County Library System held their second week of summer reading program activities at each of their five library branches across the county. The featured presenter for the kindergarten through fifth-grade crowd was Michelle’s Magical Poodles, a troupe of trick dog performers who live with their owner, Michelle Harrell, in the Tiger Point area.
Navarre High School has over 2,000 students. Some of those students come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds or might find themselves in a situation in which they need a hygiene product immediately.
The Fresh Start Initiative, which was launched by Navarre High School’s Interact Club, will help provide youth with access to needed hygiene products.
A Blue Angels pilot, a magician and a group of poodles who do tricks walk into a library. No, this isn’t the start of a joke, this is the Santa Rosa County Library System’s Summer Reading Program.
From their food pantry to mission work to community events, Navarre First Assembly of God is known for quite a few things. They are also known for their Royal Rangers outpost.
Royal Rangers is a boys ministry program of the Assemblies of God churches. Founded in 1962, Royal Rangers was the brainchild of Rev. John Henry “Johnnie” Barnes, a preacher from Texas who was tasked with developing a boy’s ministry.
It was a packed house at the Navarre Area Board of Realtors (NABOR) office Thursday, June 8, as community members and county officials, past and present, gathered to honor the life and legacy of Ira Mae (Wells-Hewatt) Bruce.
Commonly referred to as “the first lady of Navarre,” Ira Mae played a prominent role in the progress and development of Navarre’s early years, its business community and the quality of life of the residents.
Florida is known as the Sunshine State, but sometimes Floridians can get a little too much sun.
Recently, Miami-Dade County declared a “heat season” similar to hurricane season to raise awareness of the dangers that heat can present to the health and well being of Floridians. Although northwest Florida is about as far from Miami-Dade as you can get without leaving the state, extreme heat still presents dangers along the Emerald Coast.
