Usually, January is a slow time for news but this year has certainly proved to be unusual.
Everyone’s keeping a close eye on Pensacola Bay Bridge reconstruction. If repairs continue on schedule, we’re only about two months away from returning to normalcy.
As you will read in this week’s edition, county officials started out the year with some fireworks.
The fallout from the firing of attorney Roy Andrews late last year continues to be a hot topic with some county officials, while others seem ready to move on.
The property that currently houses the Navarre branch of ERA American Realty at 8006 Navarre Pkwy. is slated to become a gas station and convenience store if the owner can procure a variance for the underground storage of gas tanks.
The zoning board will hear the request for variance by the applicant Plaza Street Partners, LLC who will be represented by Tiffany Lehman of Neikirk Engineering at the Feb. 11 zoning board meeting.
Publisher of Navarre Press Sandi Kemp took a walk down the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier and snapped these tropical shots this week. Enjoy!
I started writing my column about the lessons I’ve learned from cleaning out my office, including filing cabinets after 20 years of accumulating “stuff,” but I’ve decided that will be more appropriate for the new year.
Let’s just say halfway through I thought about calling the whole thing off.
The area lost one of its founding members this week when Ira Mae Bruce passed away.
Her family had been in the area since the 1800s, and she served on multiple boards, including the Board of County Commissioners, where she was the first female elected to that position and only one of two. Seems to me there needs to be a third or fourth but not because of their gender.
