Cases of the flu, including the H1N1 strain of the virus, are continuing to rise across the country. H1N1, originally known as swine flu, has even resulted in deaths here in Santa Rosa County.
In historic downtown Milton on a street renamed for Martin Luther King Jr. stands a monument honoring the legacy of the slain civil rights leader. The marker is set in front of historic Mt. Pilgrim African Baptist Church – the site of a Jan. 20 memorial service celebrating what would have been King’s 85th birthday.
A local company’s generosity will allow students at Holley-Navarre Middle School to stay up-to-date with the most current technology software and programs.
The Sheriff’s Citizen’s Academy I wrote about in my column last week was canceled due to lack of participation. Perhaps I should have highlighted it a few weeks earlier. I have always wanted to participate but one night a week, for three hours, for 10 weeks was more than I could carve out. However, I was going to do my best to make this time. Darn.
I could not have been more excited when I pulled up in front of the Navarre Press office Monday morning. I had accomplished two things. First, I was returning to Navarre and second, I was returning to my first love, journalism.
Florida residents can’t just run to the county courthouse and get hitched on Valentine’s Day. Santa Rosa County Clerk of Court and Comptroller Donald C. Spencer wants locals to know there is typically a three-day waiting period once a marriage license is issued before a couple can get married.
Two aspiring filmmakers from Navarre have developed a screenplay for a short film, and they are raising money in hopes of catapulting it into the film festival circuit.