Priton LLC, a home-manufacturing company code-named Project Breeze by the Santa Rosa Economic Development Office, officially has arrived. Priton already has hired a start-up staff of nine and plans to add 200 more jobs at its Santa Rosa Industrial Park location this year.
Skip Tompkins, Santa Rosa County compliance superintendent, has completed his investigation of Navarre First Addition properties identified by Navarre resident Laurie Gallup as potentially in violation of county codes. Four property owners have received or will receive abatement notices as a result.
An estimated 650 pets, ranging from Great Danes to guinea pigs, were honored Sunday, April 7, in the annual Blessing of the Pets ceremony at Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church.
The dreaded Indo-Pacific Lionfish have been spotted in local Gulf Islands National Seashore waters, and park officials are exploring the idea to allow capturing by spearfishing, something which has traditionally not been allowed by the National Park Service within park waters other than Biscayne National Park in south Florida.
SANTA ROSA BEACH — “Oh my gosh, this looks like something out of a magazine,” exclaimed Kelly Hale as she escorted her husband, Staff Sgt. Aaron Hale, and their four children into their new home for the first time, a foreclosure donated by Chase Bank.