Santa Rosa County has received a low bid of more than $8.3 million for the proposed Navarre Beach Boardwalk, a project that has dominated public comment at county meetings for nearly a month.
The First District Court of Appeal handed down a decision in the case of Romi White v. Holley-Navarre Water System on Thursday, Sept. 3.
According to the court document, the Circuit Court for Santa Rosa County’s decision, which was in favor of HNWS, was upheld. The official finding of the First District Court of Appeal was per curiam affirmed.
A group of citizens saw a need in their community and decided to do something about it.
The Navarre Urbanists, a citizens group founded last year to promote better infrastructure around Navarre, recently organized a trash cleanup in the ditch between Days Inn and the parking lot around Pizza Hut.
Dozens of first responders and citizens gathered at the towers of Summerwind Condominiums Friday morning, Sept. 11, for the annual 9/11 Stair Climb in remembrance of the first responders who died during the terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C.
Holley-Navarre Water System is looking to build a new bridge at Hole 3 at the Club at Hidden Creek golf course.
In April, the HNWS Board of Directors approved an engineering proposal for the bridge for $105,000. Under the proposal, Southern Site and Utility Design would provide design services related to the replacement of the bridge.
Inside the Navarre High cafeteria Friday morning, a documentary on Sept. 11, 2001, plays in the background. The scenes of that tragic and chaotic day in American history play out on the screen before the start of the NJROTC Sept. 11 remembrance ceremony.
Although it’s been 25 years since 9/11, Ricki DeSantis is still dealing with the ramifications of the tragedy.
DeSantis, a Navarre resident, was working in finance in New York City at the time of the attacks. While entering one of the towers, he was blown backward about 20 feet as one of the planes hit. Downtown during the towers’ collapse, DeSantis was also exposed to carcinogenic asbestos, alkaline dust from pulverized concrete, gypsum, cellulose, heavy metals, hydrocarbons and dioxins, just to name a few.
