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Top 10 ranking proof ‘efforts are paying off’

Written by Staff Reporters on August 22, 2013. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County’s high job growth rate and low unemployment rate have earned the county a top 10 national ranking on CNN Money’s “Where the Jobs Are – Best Places To Live – America’s Best Small Towns” list.

“The Friskies” to shine spotlight on special kitties

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Community.

Navarre is full of interesting people, and neighborhoods are often filled with families walking a dog – but what about cats? From fun games of peek-a-boo to gravity-defying leaps, cats have a way of bringing much joy and humor to their owners’ lives.

Common Core is anything but common

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Education.

Debbie Gunnoe freely admits to having a single-minded approach to the coming switch to Common Core Standards which Florida is scheduled to fully adopt for the 2014-15 school year.

Think before you post

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

The world in which we live today is one of instant gratification. Do first, think later. Gotta have it now.

Tolbert has thumbprints all over blueprints

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Community.

Navarre resident John “Tim” Tolbert has been reappointed by Gov. Rick Scott to the Florida Building Commission for a term lasting until January 2015.

Single-family home sales continue to soar

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in Business.

The weather wasn’t the only thing heating up in June. Sales of area single-family homes were hot, jumping a lofty 42.9 percent, as compared to last year, according to statistics provided by the Navarre Area Board of Realtors (NABOR).

NOAA trims forecast for busy hurricane season

Written by Associated Press on August 15, 2013. Posted in News.

This Atlantic hurricane season may not be quite as busy as federal forecasters once thought, but they still warn of an unusually active and potentially dangerous few months to come.

Effort to Unite Beach Groups

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in News.

With a little nudge from the Santa Rosa County Tourist Development Council (TDC), three marine groups based in Navarre Beach Park are making an effort to unite and set goals to jointly pursue. The new coalition is planning to reach out to other beach stakeholders and start meeting monthly as a subcommittee of the TDC’s south end committee.

Fewer rescues at Navarre Beach this summer

Written by Staff Reporters on August 15, 2013. Posted in News.

Despite plenty of days with rough surf in the region this year, there have not been an exceedingly high number of rescues by Navarre Beach lifeguards this summer. Lifeguards have rescued almost 30 people out of the Gulf of Mexico this year in the Navarre Beach lifeguard protection area.

The ‘Cat’ is back,

Written by John Richardson on August 8, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Allison ‘Cat’ Pettigrew was drawn to be a pitcher from an early age. “When I watched my older sister Emily play, I was mesmerized by the pitcher’s windup,” Pettigrew said. “At five or six years old, I would walk around the house, practicing that windup motion. There was just something about it.” When she was eight, Pettigrew began using that motion as she pitched for her NYSA team.