Zamp takes his job very seriously. That’s because the 7-year-old German Shepherd is working hard to keep Marines serving in Afghanistan safe every day.
Millions of grains of sand will once again be the canvas, and nine master sculptors will be the artists at this year’s Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival, which will dig into Navarre Beach on September 27-29.
The Panhandle Butterfly House is once again planning a party to celebrate the monarch butterfly’s annual migration to Mexico. The Monarch Madness Butterfly Festival will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on October 4 and 5 at the Panhandle Butterfly House, located in Navarre Park where U.S. Highway 98 meets the Navarre Beach Bridge.
Navarre Beach was the host site of a homecoming of sorts last week. Aaliyah, a juvenile green turtle, was released into the Santa Rosa Sound near Opal Beach after spending the last few weeks at the Gulfarium recovering from injuries.
Local community leaders will help eighth graders at Woodlawn Beach Middle School become more confident and assertive conversationalists through a competition called the Amazing Shake. WBMS algebra teacher Jeffrey Baugus, local organizer of the program, said that his eighth grade students will get a chance to practice their soft business skills and become better conversationalists.
Pensacola Catholic allowed two special teams touchdowns, but otherwise dominated the Raiders in a 45-22 win Friday at Navarre’s Bennett C. Russell Stadium.
With several complaints about anglers spearfishing near the reefs on Navarre Beach recently, residents and visitors are being reminded that spearfishing is prohibited in that area, per Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission rules.