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Potential apartment development worries residents

Santa Rosa County is steadily growing, and with more people moving to the area, developers are looking for new places to add housing.

Navarre is a particular hot spot, growing by 30% to just over 40,000 people since 2010, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Out and About

When Bob Dole died this past week, it reminded me of the Emerald Coast Honor Flights. They were the brainchild of a local panhandle physician assistant and our then U.S. Congressman, Jeff Miller, R-Chu­muckla.

The first Honor Flight took place in May 2005 and flew 103 local veterans to the newly opened and dedicated National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C.

Adapting to changing prices at the Dollar Tree

When I was a child, there was still such a thing as penny candy. It was taking its dying breaths, but it lived long enough for me to buy some.

People worry about inflation now, and rightfully so, but that transition into nickel candy was a painful economics lesson for a young child. Overnight, it seemed, a penny didn’t buy anything at all.

Dec. 9-15, 2021 Blast from the Past

One Year Ago – 2020

For the second year, the Hale family of Navarre displayed their 10-foot Christmas wreath in their driveway. Locals and tourists alike enjoyed stopping by the Homeport Drive home to take a family photo.

Brian Out Loud

A parent reached out the other day to ask me where she could find photos of past sporting events.

She’s in the process of putting together a scrapbook for her daughter, a senior athlete at Navarre this season. It didn’t take long to give her an answer.

Community Briefs

Temporary Animal Services hours extended through December
Santa Rosa County Animal Services has extended their temporary hours of operation through the month of December.

This will continue to allow time for staff training and on-boarding of new shelter employees.

Local family celebrates Hanukkah

“Blessed are You, Lord our God, King of the universe, who sanctified us through His commandments, and commanded us to light the Hanukkah candle,” intoned Dylan White, only in Hebrew, as he lit the first candle of Hanukkah, also called The Festival of Lights.

Pace man threatens to bomb credit union

A 65-year-old man from Pace threatened to bomb the Pen Air Federal Credit Union at 4586 Highway 90 in Pace Nov. 24. According to the man’s arrest report from Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office, the man walked into the credit union and stated that he had a bomb.

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