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The legacy of “The Turtle Lady”

Written by Gail Acosta on January 21, 2016. Posted in Beach.

Gigi Naggatz was affectionately known as “The Turtle Lady” on Navarre Beach and she was a leading volunteer and conservationist who worked tirelessly for the sea turtles. She passed away Jan. 5 after a years-long battle with cancer. While she will be greatly missed by many, her spirit will live on through the many volunteers that carry on her mission on Navarre Beach.

Santa Rosa area legislators support fracking

Written by Staff Reporters on January 21, 2016. Posted in News.

The overthrow of local authority to limit fracking, the controversial method of drilling for oil and natural gas after injecting chemicals underground to fracture rock formations, is being supported by Northwest Florida legislators.

New Pensacola Bay Bridge expansive project

Written by Sandi Kemp on January 21, 2016. Posted in News.

A “notice to proceed” to replace the aging Pensacola Bay Bridge will be given by end of the year if everything falls into place, says Florida Department of Transportation engineer, Kerrie Harrell. Harrell drove from Tallahassee Thursday morning, Jan. 14 to speak to the Gulf Breeze Chamber of Commerce meeting at the Andrews Institute. “My true day job right now is the Pensacola Bay Bridge,” Harrell told the audience of nearly 50 chamber members and their guests. Gulf Breeze City Manager Edwin “Buz” Eddy was also in attendance as well as Gulf Breeze Councilwoman Cherry Fitch.

Condo complex’s contested lease fees top $180,000

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2016. Posted in Beach.

The lease fees collected by a developer from the owners of 14 Sugar Dunes condominium units since the late 1980s, but never paid to Santa Rosa County as normally required, total more than $180,000.

County will seek more time to restore beach

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2016. Posted in News.

The local hospitality industry’s quest to delay the Navarre Beach restoration project may get inadvertent support from Sheila Fitzgerald, director of Santa Rosa County special projects and grants.

Tourism leaders seek delay in beach dredging

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2016. Posted in News.

The cheapest price isn’t the best deal on the $15 million dredging project to renourish Navarre Beach this spring, area tourism leaders assert.

County seeks lease fees uncollected for years

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2016. Posted in News.

The owners of condominium units at the Sugar Dunes complex in Navarre Beach have hired an attorney to investigate why the lease fees they have been paying for years aren’t being been received by Santa Rosa County officials.

More oversight for Fairpoint as water prices rise

Written by Staff Reporters on January 7, 2016. Posted in News.

Questions about accounting and certain employee expenses are drawing more oversight of Fairpoint Regional Utility System, a collective that is mutually owned by four area water companies.

2015 Education Year in Review

Written by Staff Reporters on December 31, 2015. Posted in Education.

Reading under the stars

Students lined the halls in their pajamas as the sun set over Holley-Navarre Primary School Jan. 29. The evening dubbed as a “literacy family night” included three different stations focused on reading.