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County Commission approves land purchase for possible Medical Examiner’s Office

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 23, 2022. Posted in News.

On Nov. 10, the Santa Rosa County Commission voted four to one in favor of purchasing land off Commerce Road, with the possibility of using the land for a new District One Medical Examiner’s Office building.

‘They underestimated us’

Written by Brian Lester on November 23, 2022. Posted in Sports.

It was back and forth. No breathing room for either team. Four quarters and overtime were needed to decide the outcome. Thirty-six minutes in all of heart-stopping, pulse-pounding, edge-of-your-seat basketball in a riveting showdown featuring two of the area’s best teams.

Former Santa Rosa Sheriff’s deputy sentenced for lying to FBI

Written by Staff Reporters on November 22, 2022. Posted in Crime, News.

A former Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office deputy will be seeing the inside of a federal prison cell for the next year.

Scott P. Haines, 50, of Milton, was sentenced to one year and a day in federal prison, following his previous guilty plea on the charge of making material false statements to the Federal Bureau of Investigation during an elder exploitation investigation. United States Attorney Jason R. Coody announced the sentence.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on November 21, 2022. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

Sometimes we focus on what we don’t have, or situations we aren’t in, and we lose sight of what we do have and where we are.

I know I have a lot to be thankful for – at all times – even when I’m wrapped up in the day-to-day busy-ness of life.

Lifeguards have winning season

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 21, 2022. Posted in Beach.

The 2022 Navarre Beach Lifeguards celebrated a “winning” season – meaning no drownings.

With more than 747,000 visitors, the guards provided 150 assists, 44 rescues and answered 185 medical calls on the beach. Recently, Navarre Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull attended the United States Lifesaving Association (USLA) board meeting and educational conference in Orlando.

Candidates announce for Water System board

Written by Staff Reporters on November 21, 2022. Posted in News.

The Holley Navarre Water System, Inc. will hold its Annual Meeting including election of director on January 17, 2023. The meeting will be called to order at 7 a.m. and voting will take place from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. at The Club at Hidden Creek.

We are thankful

Written by Staff Reporters on November 21, 2022. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

We at Sandpaper Publishing have much to be thankful for, beginning with our members and readers.

You fuel the passion we have for publishing three newspapers each week for three communities.

Thanking God: What Thanksgiving means to the faithful

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 21, 2022. Posted in Faith.

The story of Thanksgiving is one many people know. The Pilgrims coming to the new world and falling on hard times, only to be helped by the Wampanoag, a Native American tribe. That original meal, which the two peoples enjoyed in 1621, lives on to this day as holiday millions share in the United States.

Woodlawn Beach Middle competes in robotics competition

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 21, 2022. Posted in Education.

For six weeks during September, October, and November, Woodlawn Beach Middle School students met regularly to work on a project.

While students working on a project at school might not be a surprise, these students weren’t just putting together a paper mache globe. They were building a robot.

Kindergarten is where Kim Wiggins’ heart is as a teacher

Written by Brian Lester on November 21, 2022. Posted in Community.

Kim Wiggins’ grandfather was a long-time school superintendent in Escambia County. Her grandmother taught Kindergarten. Her dad and aunt were also teachers at one time.

But Wiggins had visions of doing anything but get into the education field.