A black bear was captured on camera relaxing in an inground swimming pool behind a Gulf Breeze home Monday. He then used the steps to climb out and sauntered toward the trash in the side yard.

Work on the new Publix development on the southeastern edge of the county is well underway and the lease for the new grocery store has been signed.

The 43,387-square-foot supermarket and 2,100-square-foot liquor store are being built on 10 acres of land at the northwest corner of U.S. Highway 98 and Rosewood Drive.

In a sturdy building that looks like it’s meant to hunker down in during a storm, a crew of dispatchers works 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

They’re the people whose voices you will hear if you call 911.

Holley-Navarre Water System’s monthly board meeting on Aug. 17 concluded in “record time,” as described by one of the board members after the meeting was adjourned.

In the last year, Kaitlyn Hartshorn lost her sister, spent two months in the hospital, gave birth to twins and finally purchased their new home.