Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman

Juana’s regatta on calendar

April 30, 2021

Sailors, mark Sept. 10-12 on your calendar for the 31st Annual Juana’s Good Time Regatta. The Board of County Commissioners approved the event application at its April 27 meeting, including giving permission to allow overnight camper parking in the boat trailer lot through the weekend. Organizers expect about 200 sailing participants per day. The event […]

Former attorney finds simple joy collecting beach debris

April 30, 2021

If you’ve ever wondered what people lose in the Santa Rosa Sound, Penny and Richard Boyce’s backyard has some telling clues.

Republican lawmakers pass elections overhaul

April 30, 2021

With time running out before the end of this year’s legislative session, Florida lawmakers signed off Thursday night on a controversial elections bill that would make it harder for voters to cast ballots by mail.

New sand sculpting competition coming to Navarre Beach

April 29, 2021

Folks heading to the beach May 8 will be treated to the work of seven sand sculptors, who will be coming to “play in the sand.”

‘Full closure’ of Coyote Landfill poised to begin

April 29, 2021

The former site of the Coyote Landfill is finally being cleared up by the state Department of Environmental Protection.

Santa Rosa County Commissioners granted the DEP permission to access adjacent county-owned property in Holley to “conduct a full closure of the solid waste disposal facility.”

More good times planned with annual Navarre Beach regatta

April 29, 2021

Sailors, mark Sept. 10-12 on your calendar for the 31st Annual Juana’s Good Time Regatta.

Sharing beach road sketchy for cyclists

April 29, 2021

Head down the narrow roadway flanked by sand that connects Navarre Beach to Pensacola Beach at the right time of day you might see Susan or Brian Chiulli.

The Navarre couple bikes and runs that stretch of roadway daily.

Citizens turn out for 2035 Strategic Planning sessions

April 29, 2021

Turnout was strong at the April 22 Strategic Planning open house at the Tiger Point Community Center last week, with the number of folks tripling that of two previous north county locations.

Gulf Breeze business owners have eye on Imogene Theater purchase

April 28, 2021

It’s hard to imagine a small business owner getting bigger news than a $50,000 check in the mail. But the possibility of finalizing the purchase of the historical Imogene Theater in downtown Milton tops that.

A quartet of Gulf Breeze business owners say they are sitting down next week to hopefully finalize the purchase of the 8,000-square-foot theater that dates back more than 100 years.

Hidden Creek to remain a golf course; all other questions left unanswered

April 28, 2021

The Club by Hidden Creek will remain a golf course, following a vote by the Holley Navarre Water System Board of Directors April 20. But they would not disclose future plans for the course, saying that the only item on the agenda – and therefore the only item that could be discussed – was whether to keep it or sell it.