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Navarre Lifeguards finish busy season with zero drownings, look to 2024

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 13, 2023. Posted in Beach.

“Overwhelming.”

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.

Navarre Raiders one and done in football postseason

Written by Brian Lester on November 11, 2023. Posted in Sports.

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.

Navarre United Methodist Church celebrates 40 years

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 9, 2023. Posted in Faith.

On Nov. 5, Navarre United Methodist Church held a 40th anniversary celebration during their Sunday service. The church also held a fellowship luncheon after the service.

Pastor David Morris delivered the sermon, where he discussed the past, present and future of the church.

Navarre resident recycles glass into works of art

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 7, 2023. Posted in Beach.

“This world is but a canvas to our imagination.” – Henry David Thoreau

Not everyone can look at a broken piece of glass and say, ‘I can make something out of this.’ For Theresa Wolf, it has become a passion.

Plans for Alvin’s Island on Navarre Beach moving forward

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 7, 2023. Posted in Beach.

In January of this year, Navarre Press reported the owners of Alvin’s Island, a beach retail chain, were looking at the possibility of building and opening one of the stores on Navarre Beach near the Regency Condominiums (8525 Gulf Blvd.).

West Navarre Intermediate’s Brooke Cole says teaching is her ‘gift’

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on November 6, 2023. Posted in Education.

For Brooke Cole, West Navarre Intermediate School’s teacher of the year, relationships are everything. From her relationship with her students to her peers and administrators, Cole considers her connections to those around her to be the best part of her job.

Tough night in Niceville for Navarre Raiders

Written by Brian Lester on November 4, 2023. Posted in Sports.

Terence Marshall was on the cusp of another big catch, the ball coming at him, the heart of hope beating that another crucial play would keep this second-half drive alive and ultimately result in a Navarre touchdown.

It had been a back-and-forth battle with powerhouse Niceville up to this point at Eagle Stadium Friday night, the Raiders and Eagles trading punches in a game that, for one half at least, lived up to the hype.

The players haven’t forgotten.