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Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on March 14, 2024. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

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.

Locals help restore Bike Lady memorial

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 13, 2024. Posted in Community.

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.

Rep. Rudman talks frustrations with Tallahassee, 2024 election

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 12, 2024. Posted in News.

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.

Water System looks at independent rate study, approves pump replacements

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 8, 2024. Posted in News.

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.

‘MOJO 69’ Black Hawk helicopter crash remembered nine years later

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 6, 2024. Posted in News.

Nine years ago, a tragedy struck Navarre, the U.S. Military, and the nation as a whole.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on February 8, 2024. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

I went to the AMC Theater on W Street in Pensacola last weekend to see “The Boys in the Boat.” It was a Friday night, which is usually a popular “date” night. However, when we arrived, there were only a few others in the theater. The movie, directed by George Clooney, was well worth seeing, but there were only about eight of us in the movie theater by the time the movie started. When we exited at 8:45ish p.m., the concession stand was closed, and it was like a ghost town.

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No date set for Destiny Worship Center opening

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on January 26, 2024. Posted in Faith.

It has been a little over a year since Destiny Worship Center broke ground on a Navarre campus. Since then, the lot has been cleared, the framework of a building has been erected and work on the site has steadily progressed.

Nationwide blood shortage showcases need for blood donations

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on January 24, 2024. Posted in News.

January is National Blood Donor Month and this year; a blood shortage is making donations more needed. According to the American Red Cross, the U.S. is seeing the lowest number of people giving blood in 20 years. The number of people of people donating blood through the Red Cross has fallen by about 40% over that time.

Water System members say ‘no’ to Articles of Incorporation change, elect new board member

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on January 23, 2024. Posted in News.

The Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) came into the Jan. 16 meeting and election anxious to see if members would support a change to the system’s articles of incorporation. That answer was “no.”