Santa Rosa County commissioners on Thursday voted to pass an impact fee to be used for roads and transportation purposes, if and only if voters approve a half-cent sales tax. The two are bound together.
March 27, 2024, marked the two-year anniversary of the disappearance of Cassie Carli, 37, a Navarre woman who was exchanging custody of her daughter with her daughter’s father at the time she disappeared. The incident became a national news story and led to the passing of legislation to address custody exchange safety.
Lighthouse Private Christian Academy on New Hope Rd. in Gulf Breeze has come under the scrutiny of Santa Rosa County officials, Midway Fire Department, and Department of Children and Families in recent days as a result of a fire safety inspection.
Dr. Irene Butter, 93, has spent most of her life in academics. A professor emeritus at the University of Michigan, she taught in the college’s School of Public Health from 1962 to 1996.
I received a message late Wednesday night. The person sending it was informing me that Navarre head football coach Jay Walls was taking a job in Georgia.
This inside source wanted to make sure the ‘Navarre guy’ had the opportunity to break the news first.
Midway Water System and Brown Construction of Northwest Florida are being sued for their roles in a 2021 incident which allowed raw sewage to flow through a water main. The incident led to a mandatory boil water notice and later a no-water notice was issued.
Saint Patrick’s Day is this Sunday and the Shamrock Stroll 5K Fun Run/Walk and Pet Parade and Costume Contest is this Saturday on Navarre Beach from 8-10 a.m. There is a registration fee, but you can get there as early as 7 a.m. the day of the event and register. The next holiday is Easter. Easter Sunday is the last day of March on the 31st. Santa Rosa County Schools (and UWF) are out for Spring Break the week before Easter. There is a large concert, Spring Jam, going on at Juana’s on March 24, the Sunday before Easter. Okaloosa Schools have Spring Break March 15-22.
The memorial to Elizabeth Dawn Allmon, a homeless woman better known around Navarre as the ‘bike lady,’ has sat alongside U.S. Highway 98 for well over a decade. At times the memorial, which is a white bike with flowers around it and a plaque telling who Allmon was, has fallen into disrepair.
Politics can be a vicious sport, causing frustration and a desire to give it up. According to State Rep. Dr. Joel Rudman (R-Navarre), this past session has been one frustration after another. Despite this, he said he isn’t ready to step aside.
Holley Navarre Water System CEO Jeff Crigler wants an independent rate study to look at how their rates and fees compare with other utilities of similar size and how the current rates are working for HNWS’s mission. The utility’s board agreed, approving soliciting a study.
