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Proposed aquatic center has home but no funding

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Community.

Finding an acceptable site for any proposed public project can be among the toughest hurdles, but the nascent campaign for a new aquatic center in south Santa Rosa County already has a prospective home.

United Way of Santa Rosa County names operations & campaign director

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Business.

United Way of Santa Rosa (UWSR) recently named Debra Baez as operations & campaign director. Reporting directly to executive director, Guy Thompson, in this dual-role position she assists with day-to-day operations and manages the annual county-wide workplace giving campaign.

It’s a Girl! Baby Hippo Born at the Zoo

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Community.

Gulf Breeze, Florida –September 24, 2015 – The Gulf Breeze Zoo is proud to announce its newest member, a female Nile hippopotamus. On August 18th, after a gestation of 8 months, “Cleopatra” gave birth to a healthy female calf weighing approximately 70 pounds! (Mom weighs in at around 4,000 pounds) Both mother and calf are in excellent condition and are now on exhibit for daily viewing.

Pink Pirates add 5K as fundraiser in fight against breast cancer

Written by Brian Lester on October 1, 2015. Posted in Beach.

Christin Stephens loves to run and thought it would be a great idea to combine that love with Pink Pirates’ efforts to raise awareness and money for the battle against breast cancer.

Raise a mug at Oktoberfest Saturday

Written by Brian Lester on October 1, 2015. Posted in Beach.

Juana’s Pagodas on Navarre Beach is hosting its third annual Oktoberfest Saturday and could potentially draw its biggest crowd yet because of the other events taking place the same day.

Country on the Sound forms baseline for next year’s event

Written by Gail Acosta on October 1, 2015. Posted in Beach.

An event of potentially epic proportions for Navarre, Country on the Sound, fell short of the imagined goals set by event planner and owner of Navarre Water Sports, Greg Britton. But overall, he and others were pleased with how the first-year event turned out. “We couldn’t have asked for better talent or a better group of people to work with,” Britton said.

Navarre Park goes Pink

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Beach.

The Pink Pirates of Navarre celebrated their official ribbon cutting as the newest members of the Navarre Area Beach Chamber Monday, Oct. 6. The ceremony took place just five days before the group celebrates October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month at their second annual event entitled “Pinktoberfest.”

Navarre High grad turns himself in as a suspect in Centennial Bank robbery

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in News.

The alleged perpetrator of a bank robbery five months ago at Navarre’s Centennial Bank, Joel Anthony Beauchemin, 22, was arrested Friday, Sept. 25 when he turned himself in at the Santa Rosa County Jail. Beauchemin graduated from Navarre High School in 2011 and was a member of the track and field team, football and baseball teams.

Flooding rains termed weather anomaly

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in News.

“The rains of Sept. 28 are an event that happens only once every hundred years,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Joe Maniscalco referring to the amount of rain that fell within a six-hour period. “It was torrential.”

Man arrested for lewd behavior toward minor

Written by Staff Reporters on October 1, 2015. Posted in Crime, News.

Felix Valle-Ulieses, 45, of Tortuga Street in Navarre, was arrested Saturday evening, Sept. 26 for lewd and lascivious behavior on a victim age 12 to 16.