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County third-graders tie for top FCAT math scores

Written by Staff Reporters on May 30, 2013. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County consistently scores high in annual FCAT testing, but this year third graders tied for first, achieving the highest FCAT math scale scores in the state, which has 67 counties. Additionally, fourth, eighth and tenth grade students each tied for third highest in the state for mean scale score in writing, according to school district officials.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on May 23, 2013. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

Wow, what a weekend. The first event I attended was the Emerald Coast Chapter of Heroes on the Water. What a great group of guys and gals. They are a well-oiled machine and they know exactly what to do and in what order to do it.

County Leasing Practices Called “Unfair”

Written by Staff Reporters on May 23, 2013. Posted in News.

Kim Macarthy, former Main Street Milton president, says county-owned property leased to a local nonprofit organization without a public proposal process was unfair.

Surfing through the pain

Written by Sandi Kemp on May 23, 2013. Posted in News.

Kayla Barton almost turned her car around twice on the way to Navarre Beach from Dothan, Ala. Her back hurt and it started raining during the more-than-two-hour drive. But, she kept moving forward — and she’s sure glad she did.

Out and About

Written by Sandi Kemp on May 16, 2013. Posted in Opinion, Out and About.

One of our favorite Navarre events is back. The Navarre Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Thursdays in the Park Concert Series starts tonight, and as co-hosts of the event, we invite everyone to come out and enjoy the music. Admission is FREE. Tonight’s performance happens to be the kickoff of another great event happening in Navarre, The First Annual Songwriter’s Festival. You can see ads about both of these events in our paper this week to get all of the details and schedules.

Displaced principal files lawsuit

Written by Staff Reporters on May 16, 2013. Posted in News.

A former Santa Rosa County principal, who was removed following a December 2012 incident which took place away from school, has filed a lawsuit against the Santa Rosa Professional Educators (SRPE), a labor union representing teachers, and Rhonda Chavers, SRPE president, citing slander and libel.

Residents must take responsibility for being informed

Written by Staff Reporters on May 9, 2013. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

We are becoming a spoon-fed nation.

Everyone’s a winner at second Raiders’ Games

Written by Ken Garner on May 9, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Raider Games is an exceptional event for exceptional students. Held Friday at Bennett C. Russell Stadium, home of Navarre High School’s football, soccer, and track and field teams, Raider Games isn’t about winning and losing. The games are about what games should be about – playing.

Here’s looking at you… Frank and Brenda Thompson

Written by Staff Reporters on May 9, 2013. Posted in Community.

When Frank Thompson left Montgomery, Ala., to live in West Palm Beach, he was too young to remember a Montgomery snowfall, but after graduating from John I. Leonard High School, he joined the Army and got more snow than he wanted.

Appel, Benton leap into state competition

Written by Staff Reporters on May 2, 2013. Posted in Sports.

Navarre High School distance jumpers Nick Benton and Elijah Appel are the only Raiders competing at the Class 3A state track and field meet Friday, May 3, at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville.