In a small room at Northwest Florida State College, eight newly trained veterans and their canine partners graduated from training Friday. These new Healing Paws for Warrior teams went through eight weeks of training and passed tests indicating that they were ready to work together.
Now that Midway Water System and the City of Gulf Breeze have sent reports to the Florida Department of Environmental Protection, both organizations – as well as residents affected by the recent contamination of water lines – are waiting for the state agency to assign responsibility.
Rachel Leggett drove into the lane and took a shot. It was slightly blocked, but she grabbed her own rebound and put it back in for another two points.
Leggett pumped her fist and embraced teammate Mickey Vollmer as they celebrated the moment early on in a preseason battle with Pine Forest Wednesday night.
Nearly a year has passed since Navarre’s boys soccer team has experienced the thrill of victory. It was Jan. 14, 2021, when the Raiders were last on the winning side of the scoreboard in a game.
A blanket quarantine followed, canceling the last two weeks of the regular season.
SERVICES HARD TO FIND
Marcie Rey Landreth, MSW, Executive Director of Set Free Refuge, tells the story of a friend who was trying to find services for her daughter who had experienced a sexual assault.
Sheena Barron has been recognized as the 2021-2022 “Teacher of the Year” for Oriole Beach Elementary School in Gulf Breeze. Barron is in her first year of being a Reading Intervention Specialist at the school, but the new role has not stopped her from being a high achiever.
Despite citizen opposition, Santa Rosa County Commissioners extended Waste Pro’s waste hauling monopoly to cover the north end of Santa Rosa County, effective Jan. 1.