As I write this, almost exactly to the day one year ago, I got my family back.

They hadn’t abandoned me. They were out doing what they were supposed to be doing – growing up, making mistakes, finding successes and inching toward that end goal of being their own person separate from their family of origin.

Navarre Beach Fishing Pier regulars see Jeremy Utter and his friends all the time.

Members of the Team True Blue reel in some of the biggest sharks in local waters, tag and release them. They don’t typically share photos of their catches or publicize them, though. But word spreads, as it did in early February when Utter and three other men caught a 12 1/2-foot tiger shark off the pier and pulled it into shallow waters.

State Rep. Alex Andrade held a Facebook Live town hall meeting Tuesday night from his office in Tallahassee to apologize to his constituents about the delay in reopening the Pensacola Bay Bridge.

Andrade, who held previous town halls to reassure folks that the bridge work was on schedule, said that he knew people were hurting and losing hope.

Commission Chair Dave Piech held his monthly town hall meeting on Zoom Monday night, updating viewers on everything from traffic light timing and speeding enforcement, to what to do if you’re affected by nuisance smoke from Navarre-area controlled burns.

Here are some highlights:

A proposal to add an amphitheater, shops, food trucks, playgrounds and other amenities to Navarre Beach was greeted with enthusiasm March 4 by members of the Tourist Development Council.

Director Julie White had rolled out her vision to the Santa Rosa County Commissioners at their Feb. 23 strategic planning workshop.