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Two Northwest Florida teachers receive Governor’s Shine Award

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in Education.

During a recent meeting of Florida’s Cabinet, Governor Rick Scott recognized four outstanding educators from around the state with Governor’s Shine Awards. The Shine award is presented to teachers and administrators in Florida who make significant contributions to the field of education.

Emily Simon fuses new-school ideas with old-school style

Written by Gail Acosta on November 19, 2015. Posted in Education.

Teacher of the year is indeed a distinction among teachers. The winners find great honor in the award because they are selected by their peers. In her sixth year at the school, Emily Simon is West Navarre Primary’s award winner this year.

Highway to the Danger Zone

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

It’s a path the United States has been on for a lengthy time, except now, instead of keeping the danger outside our borders, we are importing it.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on November 19, 2015. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

The Navarre Garden Club is sponsoring “Santa’s Workshop Craft Fair” this Saturday at the Navarre Conference Center. Goodies for Thanksgiving will be available at Ye Olde Bake Shoppe within the Craft Fair. Children’s Activities will entertain the kiddies and Santa will be visiting.

East Bay Blvd. roadside cleanup

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

We observed a group of individuals picking up trash along East Bay Boulevard Saturday, Nov. 14. It was not obvious who they were or what organization they represented, but what a super job they did. A special thank you to all of you that took on this task! When we drove along the road today, there were numerous orange-colored plastic bags full of trash, secured and ready to be picked up. The roadside looks great!

Gulf Breeze Area Chamber Announces 2015 November Business of the Month

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in Business.

The Gulf Breeze Area Chamber announces Bayside Collision Center as the Chamber’s Business of the Month for November 2015.

Small Shop Crawl brings record-setting sales

Written by Gail Acosta on November 19, 2015. Posted in Business.

By all accounts and everyone’s accounting, the 2015 Holiday Small Shop Crawl presented by the Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce was a huge success. More than a dozen Navarre shops participated, and each one said the event brought new customers into their shop. The Director of Membership and Marketing for the Navarre Chamber Chanda Ryan said, “The main goal of the Small Shop Crawl is to increase awareness of all the local shopping options in the Navarre area. I think we did that with over 300 purchases made.”

Economic development giveaways drop

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in Business.

Freebies are falling out of fashion as a means to lure new employers to Santa Rosa County.

New Santa Rosa strategy to ward off stormwater

Written by Staff Reporters on November 19, 2015. Posted in News.

Six years in the making with input from dozens of Santa Rosa County residents, emergency officials and engineers, the new Local Mitigation Strategy poses 45 ways to reduce the impact of flooding: from landscaping low areas for better drainage to requiring that new construction be elevated.

One little girl’s hope to make a difference

Written by Gail Acosta on November 19, 2015. Posted in Beach.

For most families, Christmas mornings are spent gathered around the Christmas tree opening presents. And for some little ones it is the thrill of opening the mysterious packages, looking at the gift, tossing it aside and moving on to the next one. Some of the toys lose their excitement factor after just a couple days.