For the past few years, John Richardson has walked into the Navarre Press office at some point late in the winter or early in the spring and has announced he’s retiring.
It’s late on a Friday morning and there are a couple of tables set up in the Holley Navarre Senior Center. Three people are at each one. They are playing a game called mahjong, which originated in China and is sort of like cards.
Kayak fishing enthusiast Bob Boston remembers landing in Pensacola in 2010 the same day as the BP Oil Spill. He was returning from his third tour of duty in Afghanistan.
The sleek, stretch limousine glides silently out of the velvet night to a gentle stop and an elegantly dressed couple emerges to enthusiastic cheers breaking out from the eager crowd lining the long, red carpet. As the couple passed through the crowd in regal fashion the celebration swells to a roar bringing appreciative smiles to the couple’s face as the flashes of paparazzi cameras highlight their sequined and satin attire. Attentive doormen escort the pair past security and into a festive foyer alive with a hundred conversations.
Mirroring a national trend, there is a growing need for skilled labor in Santa Rosa County and surrounding areas. Hundreds of jobs are expected to be added by 2026.
In a Feb. 4 letter to teachers, Florida Gov. Rick Scott touts his recommendation of historic funding levels in total, state, and per students funding by investing more than $11 billion in state funding, for a total of $20.2 billion for Florida’s public schools.