It’s been 23 years since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which took the lives of thousands of Americans. While memories often fade, St. Sylvester’s Catholic Church is committed to helping the community remember.
If weekend storms weren’t bad enough, one Navarre restaurant is having to deal with the aftermath of a fire. Pho 99, a Vietnamese restaurant located at 8147 Navarre Parkway, suffered a commercial structure fire at around 7:44 a.m. Monday, Sept. 16. Holley Navarre Fire District, as well as Midway Fire District and Navarre Beach Fire […]
You should probably get your calendars out and mark down the following local activities.
Labor Day is Monday – Sept. 2 and since most of you won’t be “laboring” you might want to consider going to Juana’s for the Navarre Krewe of Jesters Annual Labor Day Rubber Duck Derby and Mullet Toss will be held Monday, Sept. 2, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Juana’s Pagodas (1451 Navarre Beach Causeway) on Navarre Beach. This event is fun for the whole family and is a fundraiser for the Krewe’s scholarship fund and Mardi Gras parade.
The current supervisor of elections for Santa Rosa County, Tappie Villane, will keep her job for another four years after defeating Cindy Hall in the Tuesday, Aug. 20 Republican primary election. Villane received 20,746 votes (62.54% of the total vote) and Hall received 12,424 votes (37.46% of the total vote). There are no write in […]
Thank you to everyone that called in, texted and emailed with your thanks for my column last week. I didn’t start out writing that column about that subject but apparently it was on my mind, so I just kept typing and typing. We have a motto around here and it goes something like this, “When in doubt, keep it out.” Well, I broke that motto last week – but maybe I should break my self-imposed rules more often. After the column was at the printer, I second guessed myself – a lot. I thought to myself – that it wasn’t “nice.” But then, I thought, “Well, that was being nice.” It could have been less “nice.” A lot less.
The long-awaited restoration of Navarre Beach, which was originally supposed to take place last year, is finally happening. According to Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District, the restoration project was awarded to Manson Construction at the bid price of $11,491,462.
Rumblings of a plan to sell The Club at Hidden Creek (TCHC) golf course led to a packed house at Holley Navarre Water System’s Board of Directors meeting on Tuesday, July 16.
The U.S. Air Force, as well as local and regional governmental representatives, are moving closer to making a Hurlburt Field bypass road a reality.
State Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman (R – Navarre) was joined by County Commissioners Colten Wright and Ray Eddington, as well as former 1st Special Operations Wing (1SOW) commander Col. Allison Black (Ret.), at a news conference to update the public on talks concerning the potential Hurlburt bypass Monday, July 1.
After well over an hour of heated debate that at times got personal, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners voted against a resolution that would’ve declared that the county did not welcome “illegal aliens.”
