Florida Rep. Doug Broxson, R-Midway, announced the Florida Department of Transportation will begin installing about 1,000 streetlights on U.S. Highway 98.
The Santa Rosa County Public Services Department announced last week that Janice Melton of the animal services division has been selected as its 2012 Employee of the Year.
Consumers nationwide, including Northwest Florida, are receiving letters stating that they have won two round-trip tickets courtesy of American Airlines or US Airlines with a retail value of up to $1,298. US Airlines is not a real company, and this letter is not from the real American Airlines.
Bob Pforte Motors brought its inventory to Navarre this week in the form of a “tent sale” and sold more than 45 used vehicles. The physical location for Pforte motors is in Marianna, 129 miles to the east.
Spring break is only four weeks from now, and the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station has just the adventure for students in third through eighth grades.
Rosemary Peterson intended to spend a leisurely afternoon cleaning out closets upstairs in her bayfront home. The temperature outside was rapidly declining from a high in the 50s to what would be the coldest night of the year at 29 degrees. The wind was whipping off of the bay at 25-30 mph with whitecaps visible. Her husband, John, was downstairs on his computer. Rosemary was deep in thought when she heard what she thought sounded like a door opening or closing.