IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area a local women’s philanthropy group, has awarded more than $1 million to 10 nonprofit organizations in the areas of Arts & Culture; Education; Environment; Recreation & Preservation; Family and Health & Wellness.  The 10 will each receive $106,000, which will bring IMPACT 100’s grants total to $7,236,000.The 2015 grant recipients are:

After sailing more than 40,000 nautical miles and visiting dozens of countries, EL GALEON, a Colonial-era Spanish galleon replica, will sail into Pensacola Bay on Wednesday, Oct. 21, and dock at Plaza de Luna in Downtown Pensacola.  The historic two-masted tall ship is owned and operated by the Nao Victoria Foundation, a Spanish nonprofit organization.

Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Rich Aloy has seen first-hand how teen drivers put themselves and others on the road at risk. He was nearly hit by one on the way to work Friday morning.

Medically retired Army Cpl. Camden Babcock is well aware of the bureaucratic red tape that can delay military benefits, but he’s surprised at the VA’s balking over blueprints for handicapped-access remodeling of a bathroom in his Holley by the Sea house.

The fourth full weekend of the Beaches to Woodlands Tour of Santa Rosa County will feature ghostly adventures, haunted hayrides, three mazes, hikes, historical lectures, fabulous pottery at a kiln opening and more.

The fifth annual Boo at the Zoo combines scare-free trick-or-treating and children’s activities with all of the Gulf Breeze Zoo’s usual animal exhibits for a wild day of Halloween fun.