Navarre’s 2023 football season didn’t get off to the best of starts. The Raiders dropped their first two games and it appeared that perhaps they might suffer their first losing season since 2009.
Tommy’s Sno Balls in Navarre is about to get a new neighbor.
On Oct. 18, Santa Rosa County Development Services approved a development order for a new hotel on the southside of Highway 98, just east of the foot of the Navarre Beach Causeway. The new hotel, which is a Residence Inn by Marriott, will be four stories tall, 88,110 square feet and have approximately 105 rooms, according to current plans. The address is 8600 Navarre Parkway.
For Stephanie Whitman, being a teacher is a team effort. From students working with teachers to teachers working with other teachers to provide the best education possible, collaboration is key.
Whitman, who teaches first grade at Holley Navarre Primary School, was recently named her school’s teacher of the year. It is the first time she has been given the honor.
Marshfield, WI – Nov. 17 – Nelson-Jameson, a leading food processing distributor, has announced the winners of its first Dairy Art Calendar Contest, including Navarre, artist Kathleen Webb. Nelson-Jameson opened this year’s contest in June, in honor of National Dairy Month, and contest participants submitted original artwork or photos that represent and celebrate dairy.
As a group of Navarre High Students awaits their electric car kit that will be used for a competition next April, the ideas are already rolling out on how they will make it all work.
Choosing an early education program is one of the most important decisions a parent makes. Make the choice that is right for your child, and your family. If you believe that education should be hands-on, encourage independence, and teach children to love learning, Navarre Montessori Academy (NMA) is for you.
As the Navarre Raider boys basketball team wrapped up a 30-point preseason win over L.E.A.D. Academy in Milton on Nov. 16, the focus quickly turned to the season ahead.
A lot of players saw time on the court and head coach Terry Posey liked what he saw out of his team. But he also points out there is still work to do.
Early morning, Tuesday, Oct. 31, smoke and fire engulfed a Navarre home on Fort Worth St. Firefighters with Holley Navarre Fire District (HNFD) and other responding units were able to put down the fire but the damage was done. As it stands now, the house is a shell of its former self.
That’s how Beach Safety Division Chief Austin Turnbull describes the 2023 lifeguard season on Navarre Beach. From March 11 to Oct. 29, this year’s season, nearly 1.6 million people (1,591,259) visited Navarre Beach, which only stretches for four miles of Santa Rosa Island. This year, there were 32 Navarre Beach Lifeguards on staff.
In the silence of a stadium whose eyes won’t see football again until 2024, and the rain finally letting up after falling steadily most of the night, Connor Mathews stood in the back of the end zone waiting for the offensive linemen to finish up a postgame talk with their position coach.