Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman
Stories by Wendy Victora Rudman
Zoning board largely absent, meeting adjourned before doing business
April 14, 2021
The absence of more than half of the zoning board at its April 8 monthly meeting left more than a dozen requests tabled. Only four members attended the regularly scheduled meeting, forcing the meeting to be adjourned before business could be conducted. At least five members of the 10-member board must be present to vote […]
Highway 98 lights inch closer to ideal synchronization
April 13, 2021
Santa Rosa County officials got the green light but not the funding last week to upgrade the traffic lights at the intersections of U.S. Highway 98 and Navarre Beach Causeway and U.S. 98 and State Road 87.
‘Perfect storm’ of trash problems hits Navarre Beach
April 13, 2021
The end of the first week of Waste Pro once-a-week trash collection in the south end of the county was complicated by a storm that pummeled the area Saturday.
Retention wall fails, sends cascade of red clay into Santa Rosa Sound
April 13, 2021
The contractor for a new development on the Santa Rosa Sound has been fined for allowing an illegal discharge into the waterway. Red clay colored the waterway along the shoreline after a retaining wall apparently was breached.
Second Publix likely in Navarre’s future
April 13, 2021
Months after rumors of a new Publix coming to Navarre first leaked out, county officials say a 48,000-square-foot store is on its way.
Planning for Navarre Aldi takes big step forward
April 12, 2021
Less than two months after breaking ground on a distribution center in Alabama, Aldi has submitted plans for the construction of a Navarre store.
Turner House owner misses first deadline
April 12, 2021
The first deadline for the forced rehabilitation of the “Turner House” on Navarre Beach came and went Monday with only three of the five checklist items completed.
Piech: ‘State of the art Publix concept’ heading to Navarre
April 12, 2021
Santa Rosa County officials are expecting to respond this week to a site plan for a development that would bring a new Publix as well as other retail shops to a large parcel along U.S. Highway 98 on the eastern edge of the county.
Organizer: Milton Mardi Gras parade drew folks from out of town, out of state
April 8, 2021
Organizers of the only Mardi Gras parade to roll locally this year said that the scarcity of parades actually helped make it successful.
40 years after military father’s death, California woman returns to Hurlburt Field
April 8, 2021
When Mary Hume Gangl’s dad went off to a training mission in Albuquerque, New Mexico, she had a decision to make.
She would turn 15 while he was gone. Did she want the family celebration to be held before he left or after he came home? She chose to wait.