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Trick poodles provide entertaining, educational treat for library crowds

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 20, 2023. Posted in Community.

The Santa Rosa County Library System held their second week of summer reading program activities at each of their five library branches across the county. The featured presenter for the kindergarten through fifth-grade crowd was Michelle’s Magical Poodles, a troupe of trick dog performers who live with their owner, Michelle Harrell, in the Tiger Point area.

Simmons setting herself up for big senior season in hoops

Written by Brian Lester on June 20, 2023. Posted in Sports.

A youth camp that Madison Simmons is helping out with is wrapping up, and the Navarre girls basketball standout is asked about the upcoming summer workouts and the fact that her senior year is rapidly approaching.

“It’s crazy it’s almost senior year,” Simmons said. “(High school) went by really fast.”

Summer school: Grant helps science teachers learn all about oysters

Written by Ken Garner on June 13, 2023. Posted in News.

Tami McConnell, science department head at Navarre High School, smiled broadly as she and colleagues from Escambia, Okaloosa and Santa Rosa counties toured the Navarre Beach Marine Science Station last week.
“I’ve found my people!” she exclaimed.

Summer reading program back and better than ever

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 12, 2023. Posted in Community.

A Blue Angels pilot, a magician and a group of poodles who do tricks walk into a library. No, this isn’t the start of a joke, this is the Santa Rosa County Library System’s Summer Reading Program.

‘Perfect collaboration’: Sheep to help manage solar farm’s vegetation

Written by Ken Garner on June 12, 2023. Posted in News.

Converting sunshine into clean, low-cost electricity requires modern technology, but Florida Power & Light hopes it’s found an old way to maintain its new solar energy center in East Milton.

Colorado State’s Grady Kelly back to being impact player on the field

Written by Brian Lester on June 8, 2023. Posted in Sports.

It was, in a way, a welcome to college football kind of moment for Grady Kelly.

A Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor at Michigan Stadium. Nearly 110,000 fans, most wearing Maize and Blue, fired up for the opening game of the college football season.

The tale of two judges lives on in dedication of law library

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 7, 2023. Posted in News.

The law library at the Santa Rosa County Courthouse has a new name. On Thursday, June 1, county officials, lawyers, judges and many others attended the dedication of the law library in honor of former judges Colie Nichols Jr. and Woodrow Melvin.

The two judges played prominent roles in Santa Rosa County’s judicial history.

Experience and development focal points of summer hoops for Raiders

Written by Brian Lester on June 6, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Another summer is underway for the Navarre boys basketball team and it’s a bit of a transition period for the team as it welcomes in a number of new faces.

Two of the top scorers are back for the Raiders in Darius Cunningham and Jonah Forrest, but meshing in some of the newcomers is one of the focal points of June and July.

Shark Bite’s burritos No. 1 in the state

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 5, 2023. Posted in Business.

In a state with diverse cultures and food trucks galore, few would suspect Navarre to be home of the best burrito, but according to Yelp, it is.

Shark Bite, a food truck located in front of Navarre Family Watersports, holds the title of best burrito in Florida with a five out of five Yelp rating.

Community Life Church bringing Angel of Hope to their campus

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on June 5, 2023. Posted in Faith.

A guardian angel will soon watch over the people who visit Community Life Church’s prayer labyrinth and garden.

The prayer labyrinth first opened in 2015 and is designed to allow a person to connect to God through a meditative walk in prayer.