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Brian Out Loud

Written by Brian Lester on August 3, 2021. Posted in Opinion.

More than seven hours from home on a Monday night in early May, I’m in Port Orange covering a regional championship flag football game.

Navarre is on the brink of school history and makes it happen in a thrilling 19-13 come-from-behind win over Spruce Creek to punch a ticket to state for the first time.

BREAKING NEWS: One dead in high-impact, head-on collision over Yellow River

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on July 30, 2021. Posted in News.

A 56-year-old Navarre man was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision on State Road 87 on the Yellow River Bridge.

The man, who was not wearing a seatbelt, was driving a dark-colored Honda sedan north in the southbound lanes, according to the Florida Highway Patrol media release.

Waste Pro ‘whistleblower’ comes forward

Written by Ben Johnson on July 25, 2021. Posted in News.

Natasha Borneo, former county compliance supervisor over Waste Pro, announced through her resignation letter that she was the whistleblower who filed claims against Waste Pro and Santa Rosa County.

County administrator Dan Schebler steps down after weeks of ‘false criticism and attacks’

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on July 21, 2021. Posted in News.

Just after 9 p.m. July 13, near the midway point of a Santa Rosa County Board of Commissioners meeting that would last more than eight hours, an email went out.

Old hospital to house Santa Rosa technical school

Written by Ben Johnson on July 16, 2021. Posted in News.

A prospective aviation technical school, housed in the former Santa Rosa hospital off Stewart Street, is in the works between Santa Rosa County, the City of Milton and, possibly, the school district.

Zoning board member resigns during tense LDC discussion

Written by Ben Johnson on July 14, 2021. Posted in News.

District 3 zoning board member Sam Mullins emphatically resigned from his post during Tuesday’s BOCC meeting in opposition to the commissioners’ land development code decisions.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on July 14, 2021. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

A 50-plus page report on Waste Pro was included in the July 13 Board of County Commissioners meeting and, although I am writing this late on Monday, I’m sure there will be some fireworks there.

In summary, there were no improprieties as it relates to the county’s relationship with Waste Pro, but there are plenty of problems or potential problems within Waste Pro that fell outside of the scope of investigation.

Country singer writes 6-page letter to local students

Written by Brian Lester on July 8, 2021. Posted in Community.

Angela Jordan chokes up talking about the six-page letter – handwritten in cursive – that country singer Woody Bradshaw wrote to her and her West Navarre Intermediate students.

A smile costs nothing but is worth so much

Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on July 7, 2021. Posted in Opinion.

There are people in this world – I am not one of them – who have that rare ability to make other people happy just by their nature.

That’s not to say that the rest of us don’t bring joy, comfort and smiles to others. But it’s not our primary gift. We have others to cultivate in order to leave our mark on the world.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on July 7, 2021. Posted in Opinion.

We have made it through what’s typically billed the busiest weekend of the year and despite the weather not perfectly cooperating, it appears to have been a success.

My family and I spent time on the beach July 4, enjoying the live band and the fireworks, and we were not alone, nor did I expect to be.