Working in education, you can touch many lives, even if you aren’t in the classroom.
Donovan Howard, who recently suffered a stroke, serves as a bus driver for several Navarre schools. With his focus now on his health, a colleague stepped up to help support the family in their hour of need.
Northwest Florida, including Navarre, has a heavy military population, including about 34,000 military retirees, according to Santa Rosa County’s economic development office. Navarre also serves as a bedroom community for several surrounding installations, and many of its residents face unique challenges related to their service.
Trey Olman, who is training to be an assistant pastor at Calvary Chapel Navarre, said those challenges require a space where veterans can be vulnerable and feel supported by people who understand what they have gone through firsthand.
On Earth Day, held each year on April 22, Gulfarium C.A.R.E. Center held a sea turtle release event at Topsail Hill Preserve State Park in Walton County.
Among the five turtles released was Crater, a 12-lb. juvenile green sea turtle. Crater was rescued off Navarre Beach Fishing Pier earlier this month after getting hooked in the mouth by someone who was fishing.
Around 100 people packed the engine bay at the Navarre Beach Fire Rescue District on Tuesday, April 21, to voice concerns over a district plan to change how residential properties used as short-term rentals are assessed.
Short-term rentals, also called transient public lodging establishments, are defined by state statute as “any unit, dwelling, building or group of buildings within a single complex of buildings which is rented to guests more than three times in a calendar year for periods of less than 30 days or one calendar month, whichever is less, or which is advertised or held out to the public as a place regularly rented to guests.”
