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Riddle, Raiders earn big road win over Jaguars

Written by Brian Lester on March 27, 2023. Posted in Sports.

With a runner on second and two outs, Kayden Riddle kept her poise. Her team, after all, still had a 5-3 lead in the seventh inning on the road against West Florida Tech Friday night.

So Riddle settled in and did her job while having the confidence the defense behind her would do its job as well to seal the deal on a big win for the Navarre Raider softball team.

Childcare center hosts garden project

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 27, 2023. Posted in Education.

Preschoolers at The Gingerbread House Child Care Center in Gulf Breeze got the opportunity Wednesday, March 22, to learn more about gardening, plants and where food comes from.

Holley family opens their Little Red Farm by the Sea to visitors

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 27, 2023. Posted in Community.

Down a long and narrow road in Holley, you’ll find the Little Red Farm by the Sea, a sort of petting zoo/animal rescue that has gained traction from social media exposure, mostly on Facebook.

Jess Sullivan (Gougeon) lives with her husband and three children on the farm, which is really a homestead.

Cavanaugh sees a lot of growth as a tennis player

Written by Brian Lester on March 22, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Tennis wasn’t something Jenna Cavanaugh played prior to going into high school.

Oh, there were the couple of random times she played it for fun as a fourth grader at a local rec center, but her focus had always been directed at the pool.

Defense fuels early-season success for flag football team

Written by Brian Lester on March 21, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Navarre’s flag football team has shown a lot of promise in the early part of the season. The Raiders went into spring break sitting at 2-2 on the year and believing the best is yet to come.

“We have a lot of potential,” junior Jayah Jones said.

Local government: Potholes get filled, or they don’t

Written by Staff Reporters on March 20, 2023. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

A budget workshop last month became a political science lecture when commissioners disagreed about how Santa Rosa County should craft its next spending plan.

Staff suggested creating new revenue sources to relieve the county’s dependence on property tax.

Juana’s hosts Spring Jam on new permanent stage

Written by Staff Reporters on March 20, 2023. Posted in Beach.

Temperatures in the 40s didn’t stop the crowd from going to Spring Jam on Sunday.

The event featured Matt Stell, Shane Profitt and Ian Flanigan, who all performed at Juana’s Pagodas and Sailors’ Grill.

Jimmy B’s Pizza comes under new ownership

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 20, 2023. Posted in Business.

Do you remember what you were doing when you were 21?

For Chelsey Freiermuth, she is running her own restaurant. She recently purchased Jimmy B’s Pizza in Tiger Point with her mom, Saffron Young.

Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge hosts spring break camp

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on March 17, 2023. Posted in Community, Education, News.

While students and teachers had a week off from school during spring break, the folks at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge were hard at work hosting a spring break camp for kids ages 8 to 13. Despite hosting camps before, this was the first time Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge had hosted one during spring break.

The purpose of the camps at Emerald Coast Wildlife Refuge are to help educate youth on all things animalia, from biology to ecology to the dangers they face from humans and other animals.