Program blends conservation, history and fun for area youth
This year’s Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) serving at the Gulf Islands National Seashore included five Navarre High School students, along with other teens from Gulf Breeze and Pensacola.
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Derelict dilemma
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission made the decision Monday to start the process of declaring the partially-sunken boat in Navarre Beach waters a derelict.
Gulf Breeze officially adopts master plan
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Gulf Breeze City Council members voted 4-1 at a special meeting Wednesday to adopt its master plan, designed to accommodate the projected traffic increase from construction of the new Pensacola Bay Bridge.
State mandates increase local school board costs
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County property owners are set to see a nominal increase in property taxes designated for the Santa Rosa County School Board. The rise from 7.668 to 7.748 mills is a result of the required local effort the state sets for the district to receive approximately $86.3 million in state grant funding. At their Aug. 1 meeting, the school board approved the hike, which roughly equates to an extra $6 per $100,000 household.
Commissioners still looking for answers, options for bridge
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Commissioners cast an eye to the future on Monday, discussing the proposed new bridge for Navarre Beach. Commissioners ultimately settled on asking staff to implement the idea into the upcoming Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) 2040 long-range transportation plan, asking the TPO to consider a study on feasibility and other options which might prove less costly than the projected $156-161 million bridge planning cost.
Bobbitt confident despite move to 7A
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Jenna Bobbitt has always been very competitive.
Here’s looking at you John Parrish
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John Parrish, 90, was born in El Dorado, Ark., in 1923 and grew up in Oklahoma during the Dust Bowl and Great Depression. Those years were also known as “the Dirty Thirties.”
Local vet says pudgy pets can win by losing
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Obesity, and related health issues, are not just problems for people. According to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention, it is estimated that 54 percent of dogs and cats in the country are overweight or obese. That translates to roughly 80 million pets at increased risk for weight-related disorders such as diabetes, osteoarthritis, high blood pressure and many cancers.
Gray triggerfish, greater amberjack seasons open
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Recreational season for gray triggerfish and greater amberjack opened today in Gulf of Mexico state and federal waters. The commercial harvest of gray triggerfish also reopened today in Gulf state and federal waters.
Out and About
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Colonel Bud Day passed away Saturday, and I’m going to borrow from Senator Don Gaetz’s release that he sent out on Tuesday because Gaetz said it perfectly. “Col. Day was a modern day war hero and was the nation’s most highly decorated veteran since General Douglas MacArthur, earning more than 70 medals during his service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, including the Medal of Honor. After escaping his captors in Korea and again being held captive in Vietnam for more than five years as a cell mate to and lifeline for U.S. Senator John McCain, Colonel Day returned home, retiring in Fort Walton Beach where he continued to fight for his soldiers as a tireless advocate for Veterans’ benefits to ensure all those who served to protect our precious freedom receive the care and compensation they deserve.”