Originally from the south Jersey-Philadelphia area, Steve and Paula Clemens met in high school and both love the beach.
They have traveled extensively throughout the Caribbean and southern U.S. looking for a place to one day call home; a place to escape from the cold weather and pace of the northeast.
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) has given the greenlight for a traffic light at the intersection of Highway 98 and Ortega St. in Navarre.
County Commissioner Ray Eddington, who represents Navarre and Holley, said the news came Aug. 7 in an email from FDOT to his office. According to Eddington, the state agency launched another study of the intersection earlier this year at his request.
This week, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) will introduce the “National Prayer in School Act.” This legislation, if passed, will allow students and staff to pray in school without fear of repercussion if they choose to engage.
The Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office recently saw two members of its K9 unit retire. K9s Dozer and Prince each are saying goodbye to police work after spending most of their lives in service to the county.
Dozer began with the Sheriff’s Office in a distinctive way.
“The first thing I noticed were his eyes, he had steel, clear blue eyes.”
Norm Chapman, a former Pensacola Police chief and detective, is probably best known for interrogating one of America’s most famous serial killers, Theodore Robert Bundy. Better known as Ted.
Adreahna Busch dribbles the soccer ball during a one-on-one drill in practice on one of those early August mornings that makes you feel like you are standing in the center of a camp fire.
She uses her skill to get past a defender, which isn’t a surprise as her coach at Pensacola State, Mark Yepshin, says the former Navarre Raider is ‘really, really nifty with her feet.’
A new hotel has been announced for the parcel at the entrance of the beach parking lot, across the street to the east of Andy D’s. It is slated to be a 162-room Tapestry Hotel by Hilton and will feature a parking garage on the lower level. If built, it will certainly change the horizon of Navarre Beach.
Santa Rosa County Commissioner Kerry Smith, a real estate agent, said last week the county can’t continue depending on property taxes to top off its general fund.