Annual payments to Tallahassee lobbyists totaling $60,000 by the City of Gulf Breeze are under scrutiny after council members recently questioned why the money is being spent.
The impartial facade of the screening committee that’s considering applicants to succeed retiring Santa Rosa County Administrator Hunter Walker has an apparent chip.
After 33 meetings spanning more than a year of contract negotiations, the Santa Rosa School District and Santa Rosa Professional Educators came to an agreement August 28. The agreement must still be ratified, but both sides are confident that it will be.
The Holley Navarre Senior Center will have its community Fish Fry Sept. 18th with Sheriff Wendell Hall frying the fish. Get your tickets early as a limited number of tickets are available. See their ad for all of the details.
This Sunday, the Navarre Sea Turtle Conservation Center will hold a Trash Bash in order to keep our seas debris free. The event is from 8 to 10 a.m. and collection bags will be provided to volunteers.
Navarre wing lovers went on an emotional rollercoaster last week when District 4 Commissioner Rob Williamson’s announced Aug. 19 that a $2.5 million Buffalo Wings & Rings restaurant was coming to Navarre. The announcement on his Facebook page included a “thank you” to Santa Rosa County and the Holley-Navarre Water System for their part in bringing the chain to Navarre.
Financial estimates by the City of Gulf Breeze show that it could rehab Tiger Point Golf Club’s controversial west course, and also expand its existing wastewater treatment plant there for millions of dollars less than building a new sewage facility at the alternative Bergren Road site.
When Gail Acosta began seeing flashes of light out of the corner of her eyes, she thought it signified a neurological condition. It wasn’t until after a friend suggested she get an eye exam that she learned she had retinal ischemia, a condition in which there’s a lack of blood supply to the retina.
The City of Gulf Breeze’s leaders have hit upon a partial solution to their municipality’s budget squeeze: charge more for water and sewer service to South Santa Rosa Utility customers who live outside the city’s boundaries.