Having an 80-pound Labradoodle as a travel buddy means B.L. Ochman can quickly separate the hotels that love dogs from those that just put up with them.
Martha Fredrickson blew out the handful of candles on her birthday cake at the Bay Breeze Nursing and Retirement Center in Gulf Breeze and joked that her lungs are still pretty strong.
Florida’s first annual Lionfish Removal and Awareness Day was a success, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), from statewide lionfish removal efforts to unveiling the new “Reef Rangers” lionfish removal program to educating the public about lionfish.
The evening of Thursday, May 21, at Gulf Breeze United Methodist Church, friends, families and teachers recognized the hard work and effort of local high school graduates at the annual baccalaureate service.
Roger Grooters, 66, of Gulf Breeze, had less than 300 miles left in his cross-country quest to raise money and awareness for victims of the BP oil spill when his cycling trip ended abruptly in Ebro, Fla.