Sitting in Ashley Kesterson Hall’s classroom, it’s tough to get a straight answer out of her. Not that she’s dodging questions – quite the opposite, actually. She’s jumping from topic to topic, her excitement contagious.
The Bindu Institute, a holistic psychotherapy practice located at 1913 Highway 87, recently opened its doors and celebrated with a ribbon cutting Thursday, Nov. 13.
Last December Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted to levy an additional one-cent bed tax for the purpose of beach restoration funding. That additional assessment started June 1 and generated more than $217,000 by Sept. 30 – the end of the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
Santa Rosa County Commissioners voted Nov. 13 to delay the deadline for residential beach lease fee payments until March 31. The board is awaiting federal legislation which could effectively end leases by providing fee simple ownership.
The statistics are shocking. Since 2006 there have been 110 accidents involving bicycles or pedestrians along the congested U.S. 98 corridor between Navarre and Gulf Breeze. Nineteen were fatal.
Estelle Cunningham’s grandson, Christian Gordy, was only 5 when he was diagnosed with Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare bone cancer, and admitted to the renowned Saint Jude’s Hospital, where he had to have his leg amputated.
If you build it, they will come. That’s not exactly what Judd Smith had in mind when he put up volleyball nets at Lagerheads four months ago. But since then, local interest in beach volleyball has continued to grow.
The streets in downtown Milton were lined Nov. 11 with hundreds of grateful citizens, celebrating the service of veterans during the annual Veterans Day parade.
Thirteen percent of 18 to 20 year olds who were involved in an automobile crash admitted they were sending or receiving text messages, according to the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute. The institute also found text messaging increased the risk for crashes by 23 percent.