Gulf Power has just completed the installation of nearly 1,000 LED streetlights from Bayshore Road in Gulf Breeze east through Navarre to the Okaloosa County line to help keep drivers more safe when traveling at night.
The sky was overcast and the water temperature was in the 50’s but none of that mattered to the more than 350 participants in Juana’s annual Penguin Plunge.
A Milton man was arrested Sunday for firing shots while under the influence of alcohol after he got into a confrontation with a woman and her boyfriend, according to a Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office arrest report. No one was reportedly injured.
TC’s Coastal Porch, LLC took over operation of Navarre Beach Fishing Pier Jan. 1, following what one partner described as an eventful transition. Santa Rosa deputies responded to the county-owned pier four times Dec. 28 after previous contractor Pier, Inc.’s employees were observed using sledgehammers to demolish wooden structures on the deck. Although one commissioner called for prosecution in the matter, two county officials later decided the demolition had been within the rights of the contractor.
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has concluded a prostitution sweep which netted a total of 51 arrests targeting both street-level and escort prostitution.
An intoxicated Milton man was arrested on New Year’s Eve after striking a police officer in a McDonald’s parking lot, according to a Gulf Breeze Police Department arrest report.
Pier contract changes hands; but not before drama, controversy
While the new year begins with a new management team for the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier, the previous year began with a one-year extension for the now-former management team — and plenty of drama that followed.
A national coaches association recognized that Navarre High School’s 2011-2012 girls soccer team earned a Team Academic Award for its overall performance in the classroom. Last year’s Lady Raiders compiled a 3.53 team GPA.
Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System will start the New Year with a healthy choice for themselves and for others, as they adopted tobacco-free hiring policies beginning Jan. 1, 2014. Current employees who use tobacco products were not affected by the policy. To encourage healthy lifestyles, Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System are currently, and will continue to offer, tobacco cessation assistance to existing team members. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System worked with the Partnership for a Healthy Community (PFAHC) on an assessment of the state of health in the two-county area that includes Escambia and Santa Rosa. Results revealed discouraging statistics related to tobacco use, obesity and health management. Baptist Health Care and Sacred Heart Health System became smoke-free campuses in 2010. The hiring policy is another step in support of a healthy workforce.
The Watoto Children’s Choir has sung for presidents, has appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show and toured internationally for almost 20 years. And now, the world-renowned choir has performed in Navarre — at the Navarre First Assembly of God on Feb. 13.
