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Simply the best: 2012 Raider football team reflects on special season

Written by Brian Lester on October 4, 2022. Posted in Sports.

Jay Warren stops a reporter mid-sentence when asked about being part of one of the best football teams in Navarre history.

In the mind of Warren, the 2012 Raiders weren’t merely one of the best teams in program history. They were the best.

Once playing just for fun, Hailey Netro now thrives as a golfer

Written by Brian Lester on October 3, 2022. Posted in Sports.

Hailey Netro got into golf four years ago because of her sister. The sport has turned into one she has come to thrive in.

“I started out for fun. I used to play soccer,” Netro said. “Golf was kind of a nice break from that. The more I played, the more I enjoyed it.”

British Pedlar honors Queen Elizabeth’s life of service

Written by Kaitie Kiger on September 26, 2022. Posted in Advertorial, Business Billboard.

The longest-reigning monarch in British history, Queen Elizabeth II became queen at the age of 25 and reigned for 70 years.

Raider volleyball team rallies to knock off Crusaders

Written by Brian Lester on September 23, 2022. Posted in Sports.

When Mackenzie England tipped the ball over the net to put Navarre ahead by a point in a tense and thrilling final set of a showdown with Pensacola Catholic last Thursday night, the Raider senior knew the team was right where it wanted to be.

“We had so much adrenaline after we got the lead. Our energy picked up even more and we took off from there,” England said.

Land Development Code changes allow CEFCO to move forward at High School Blvd

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 22, 2022. Posted in Business, News.

A change in the land development code now allows CEFCO to move forward with building a gas station and convenience store in Navarre at High School Boulevard and Highway 87 South after Santa Rosa County Planning and Zoning approved the plan on Sept. 12.

According to Santa Rosa County Community Planning, Zoning, and Development Director Shawn Ward, the County Commissioners adopted a new land development code in August 2021, which eliminated the requirement for 500 feet between residential housing and underground fuel tank storage.

For God’s Sake: The COMPASS core value statement champions ‘grace giving’

Written by Michael Bannon on September 20, 2022. Posted in For God's Sake, Opinion.

“All you preachers ever talk about is money,” a man complained having just sat through my once-a-year sermon on giving.

Clearly, giving was a sensitive subject for that man, as it is for many. It seems that all the preaching on giving, including the televangelists’ shameless shakedowns, is balled together and attributed to every preacher.

Sczesny inspired to swim her best

Written by Brian Lester on September 20, 2022. Posted in Sports.

Claire Sczesny started swimming in middle school. Though she’s taken a few breaks here and there from the sport, it’s been something she has put a lot of time and effort into over the years.

Her sister, Olivia, a former Navarre Raider swimmer, helped encourage her to get into the sport.

Infrastructure tops county’s capital improvements plan

Written by Ken Garner on September 16, 2022. Posted in News.

The proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget for Santa Rosa County includes a record investment in capital projects, thanks partly to federal stimulus spending and higher property values.

“This is new for our county to have this much money set aside for infrastructure in the budget process, so it’s a big deal,” Sabrina White, the county’s assistant budget director, said. “It’s exciting times in Santa Rosa County.”

Looking back at Hurricane Ivan

Written by Staff Reporters on September 16, 2022. Posted in News.

Hurricane Ivan made landfall Sept. 16, 2004, just west of Navarre as a Category 3 storm. Ivan packed winds of 120 mph sustained and a historic storm surge, according to the National Weather Service.

Coastal areas from Mobile to Destin felt the brunt of Ivan’s wrath; aerial photographs taken days after the storm showed much smaller barrier islands (including Santa Rosa Island, which lost virtually all of its dunes and beaches).

City of Gulf Breeze to expand public safety campus with new police station

Written by Staff Reporters on September 15, 2022. Posted in News.

The City of Gulf Breeze celebrated its new public safety project Wednesday, September 6, by hosting a ceremony at the construction site of the Police Station and City Services Annex on FairPoint Drive.

The new Police Station will include space for dispatch and a city services annex for utility billing and customer service operations. The Public Safety Campus currently includes the fire station, which was redeveloped in 2005.