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Chamber gears up for Christmas in the Park
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.
More than 60 volunteers spent Saturday decorating Navarre Park for the holiday season.
Navarre teen will perform in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
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Brendan Fallon, 16, of Navarre, will perform with the Macy’s Great American Marching Band during the 88th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on Nov. 27. Honoring America’s finest high school musicians, the band is comprised of select students from each of the 50 states.
Bindu Institute ribbon cutting
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Business.
The Bindu Institute, a holistic psychotherapy practice located at 1913 Highway 87, recently opened its doors and celebrated with a ribbon cutting Thursday, Nov. 13.
New TDC director up and running
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Beach.
Santa Rosa County’s new Tourist Development Council (TDC) executive director, Julie Morgan, has hit the ground running – in part due to her extensive experience in the field.
Extra penny bed tax generates more than $200K for beach renourishment during summer
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Last December Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted to levy an additional one-cent bed tax for the purpose of beach restoration funding. That additional assessment started June 1 and generated more than $217,000 by Sept. 30 – the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
County allocated $2.1 million for April flooding disaster
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A special meeting of the Local Mitigation Strategy (LMS) committee took place Nov. 13 to recommend approval of projects slated for more than $2 million in federal funding resulting from April’s flooding event, which was declared a disaster.
Furman tapped for Public Works director position
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Santa Rosa County Commissioners have approved an $111,400 employment contract naming Assistant Public Works Director Stephen Furman as incoming Public Works director, effective July 1, 2015. Furman, a professionally licensed engineer, has worked for the county for more than two decades.
Residents argue against ‘horrendous’ taxation
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Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted Nov. 13 to delay the deadline for residential beach lease fee payments until March 31. The board is awaiting federal legislation which could effectively end leases by providing fee simple ownership.
19 fatalities prompt south Santa Rosa bicycle-pedestrian plan
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The statistics are shocking. Since 2006 there have been 110 accidents involving bicycles or pedestrians along the congested U.S. 98 corridor between Navarre and Gulf Breeze. Nineteen were fatal.