Step away from the lights, and look up
Step away from the nighttime light pollution of downtowns, streetlights or the glare of a backyard porch light and you’ll be treated to nature’s light show, the Milky Way Galaxy.
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Bridge reopening delayed: More work needed
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
The Pensacola Bay Bridge will not reopen as scheduled and announced.
The need for additional repair work was discovered, and completing it takes the March 22 reopening date off the schedule. Instead, local officials were told by Florida Department of Transportation Thursday that the Memorial Day reopening date is still viable.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce continues to fulfill its mission while celebrating the successes of the last 12 months.
Although the annual gala last week looked a lot more like the breakfast it turned into, it was great to see so many business owners and chamber members in the same room.
Local father, grandfather struck and killed by motorist who left scene
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
A 50-year-old Navarre father and grandfather was killed Tuesday by a driver who hit him and fled the scene.
Robert Triplett was walking to work just before 6 a.m. when a box truck driver swerved into the bike lane on U.S. Highway 98 in front of the Navarre Walmart.
The truck fled. Florida Highway Patrol is asking anyone with information about the accident to call 850-287-8090.
Water System board member resigns, hired by same organization
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
Less than a month after three new members were elected to the Holley-Navarre Water System board, a new opening has come up.
Holley by the Sea fines county $1,000 for yard violations
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
It has been almost two years since Santa Rosa County bought a house in Holley by the Sea. Officials didn’t set out to buy the house.
The county bought the property for $275,000 because it was prone to flooding.
Two agencies, two responses to proposed borrow pit land-use change
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
In letters dated three days apart last month, two regulatory agencies offered complementary responses to a proposed change to the Santa Rosa County Comprehensive Plan that would permit more open-pit mining near East Milton water wells.
The wells, which are supplied by a sand-and-gravel aquifer, provide water to tens of thousands of county residents and businesses.
We can do better to keep our part of the world beautiful
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in Opinion, Wise Words.
Archeologists can learn a lot about our ancestors by going through their garbage.
Those treasure troves, called midden piles, can tell us what people ate, what kind of dishware they used, even what they excreted, which is a fancy way of saying poop.
Creative teachers + math problems = food drive
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Education.
Students at Holley-Navarre Intermediate School, under the direction of teachers Elizabeth Baer and Amanda Nelms, recently collected and donated 378 pounds of canned food to the Manna Food Pantry in Pensacola.
The food pantry has a great need right now due to the effects of COVID-19 and Hurricane Sally.
New solution may be in works for water issue
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
While Santa Rosa County officials and residents wait to hear from the state and the regional water management district about proposed changes to wellfield protections, some commissioners are digging into other options.