Santa Rosa’s growth gap increasing
Although the central and south areas of Santa Rosa have long outpaced the north in residential development, the disparity is rising amid a wave of homebuilding since the Great Recession.
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Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
Happy 2017 – or as we like to say, Happy News Year! We look forward to keeping you informed in the new year as we have in the past. And if you are reading this great newspaper – thank you! Our subscribers , readers and advertisers are why we are in business.
Visit Florida scrutinized for clandestine contracts
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Business.
Florida’s contracted tourism agency Visit Florida came under fire just months before the legislature would meet to decide whether to approve a $76 million budget for the organization. The criticism has resulted in the resignation of the company’s President and CEO Will Seccombe.
Top 10 stories of 2016
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Dredging done
About 1.3 million cubic yards of sand was dredged from the Gulf and piped onto the Navarre Beach shoreline.Jubilee land deal put on hold
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Amid an ownership dispute over the 2,718-acre Pace-area property known as Jubilee, Santa Rosa commissioners abruptly cancelled a special hearing to consider accepting it as a donation.
Gulf Breeze proudly trails the pack in council pay
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Many Florida cities that are smaller than Gulf Breeze pay their council members and mayors more, but low salaries for elected municipal officials go with the political turf in Florida’s Panhandle.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
When every you have one of those days, don’t ask yourself, “What else can go wrong?” When you ask the universe that question, it will show you. Believe me. It isn’t the end of the world stuff, but really? It made me laugh when everything seemed to be falling and failing around me after I asked that question – to myself mind you. Your mind is a powerful thing – more than I think we even know.
Few elections in The Satisfied City
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.
Even the Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger probably can’t get satisfaction so complete as that long expressed by the City of Gulf Breeze electorate.
Offutt surprised by recognition from governor
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Community.
Sage Offutt joked in an interview once that she thought her paddleboard rental business on Navarre Beach would end up be sort of like a lemonade stand.
Time line of the missing Sugar Dunes lease fees
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The strategy of writing off a long overdue debt recently cost Santa Rosa County about $180,000, but it sliced the annual lease fees roughly in half for the owners of 14 Navarre Beach condominium units in the Sugar Dunes complex.