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.
The hiring of a new $61,000-a-year administrative assistant by the City of Gulf Breeze without considering other applicants or advertising the job is drawing fire from Joe Henderson, the mayor pro tem.
School starts Monday and all the expenses can put a strain on our wallets. Eglin Federal Credit Union is offering a Back to School Platinum MasterCard as low as 7.9 percent APR. Visit one of their branches today on your way to finish school shopping. After your exhausting day of shopping, grab dinner at Hungry Howie’s and use the coupon on our Neighborhood Favorites page for a free medium pizza. There is also a coupon BOGO for Jersey Mike’s sub shop. Ask for your sub “Mike’s way.”
September’s Country on the Sound isn’t set in stone yet, but if it happens, it will take place at the Navarre Beach Marine Park rather than at Navarre Family Watersports, which was the original location organizer Greg Britton had in mind.
Water tap fees have been an unwelcome surprise to many new businesses exploring Navarre locations. Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) has officially made the fees more palatable for non-residential businesses that receive a building permit between Sept. 1, 2015, and Aug. 31, 2016. Depending on the number of full-time employees, businesses could see an automatic 50 percent or 25 percent reduction in fees.
The first responders to the fire that burned out the abandoned Quayside Village house at 1655 Champagne Avenue in Midway last November arrived promptly when the blaze was reported at 2 a.m.
The recent award of a Santa Rosa County contract for military affairs consulting to a company that had been administratively dissolved by the Florida Division of Corporations raises questions about how such applicants are vetted, said Commissioner Bob Cole.
