Julia Irmen used to kick a ball rather than set it. She played soccer when she was younger, but for the senior Navarre standout, the game wasn’t for her.
“The running part just wasn’t for me,” Irmen said.
On Aug. 26, Code Ninjas, an international afterschool learning center franchise with a focus on coding, held a grand opening for their Pensacola center. The center has actually been open since March 2023.
The Beaches to Woodlands tour is back for its 20th year.
The annual tourism initiative, which runs from September through November, features various activities across Santa Rosa County including concerts, outdoor markets, beer and wine festivals, pumpkin patches, the Navarre fishing rodeo and the Juana Good Time Regatta, just to name a few. This year, the tour kicks off with Bands on the Blackwater Sept. 1 in Milton.
The Holley Navarre Water System Inc. (HNWS) will hold its annual membership meeting and election of directors Jan. 16, 2024, in the corporate office board room at 8574 Turkey Bluff Road. The election will be opened from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.
This year, two directors, serving three year terms, will be elected via a “director ballot.” The members present at the annual meeting also have an opportunity to vote on an update to the Articles of Incorporation via an “articles ballot” to resolve a discrepancy between the Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws.
Terence Marshall has spent most of his offseason battling back from a shoulder injury. Yet, even when he couldn’t be on the field, the senior wide receiver stepped up as a leader.
“I made sure the young guys were doing well and helped them out anyway I could,” Marshall said. “I also did a lot of mental reps to make sure I’m ready to go when I do return.”
If you had stopped by Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge Saturday, Aug. 12, and Sunday, Aug. 13, you might have heard the sound of wood being knocked and cut.
Despite what you might be thinking, this wasn’t the work of a woodpecker or beaver, but a (soon-to-be) Eagle Scout named Kevin Corcoran, 17.
Former Santa Rosa County Commissioner Don Salter passed away Sunday morning, August 20, 2023. Salter served District 3 for 20 years before retiring in 2020.
Salter, who was born on a farm in Jay in 1947 and remained there, said when he took the chairman’s gavel for the board of county commissioners at the beginning of 2020, he was hoping for a peaceful last year.
