Intensity rises to another level in a game between two rivals, setting the stage for a showdown that can either bring out the best in athletic competition or shine a light on the worst of it.

With the Nov. 1 deadline imminent for the payment of delinquent lease fees, nearly 200 Navarre Beach residents still haven’t caught up on overdue amounts that range from a few hundred dollars to more than $9,000.

Worries among City of Gulf Breeze residents about the planned new Pensacola Bay Bridge have included traffic, the destruction of a popular roadside park and now the impact on a tiny island located about a half- mile from the path of the replacement span.

Whether it’s Blackwater River or the Gulf of Mexico, buildings along waterways in Santa Rosa County must be setback by 50 feet. That’s the law.