50 years of Navarre Beach ‘heaven’
Though most visitors can’t imagine Navarre Beach with tall sand dunes, small buildings and endless stretches of empty sand, a family from Baton Rouge, Louisiana can’t imagine it any other way.
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Navarre High seniors paint parking spaces for first time in school history
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Education.
As another hot Florida summer comes to a close, Navarre High School seniors broke out their paint brushes the week before school started to personalize their own parking spaces.
It’s the first time seniors at the school have been allowed to customize their own spots. In past years, students were simply assigned a parking space number.
U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz dines at Navarre pub, table hops to talk to customers
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
When Gaby Austin got a tip that U.S. Rep. Matt Gaetz would be at Stripes Pub and Grill Wednesday, she knew she had to go.
Austin, a member of Escambia Federated Republican Women, said that meeting Gaetz was a dream of hers. She trusts him to help lead the country in the right direction and, as a legal immigrant, appreciates his position on illegal immigration.
Navarre Beach in need of renourishment
Written by Ben Johnson on . Posted in News.
After Hurricane Sally displaced roughly 250,000 cubic yards of sand on Navarre Beach in Sept. 2020, Navarre Beach needs new berms and dunes.
Navarre’s homeless ‘bicycling fisherman’ found dead
Written by Wendy Victora Rudman on . Posted in News.
When Jeremy Wheatman died sometime before 4:49 Sunday afternoon, it was fitting that his pastor was one of the first Navarre people to hear the news. John Kerns, pastor of Navarre Beachside Church, holds regular services at Navarre Beach, where Jeremy frequently hung out.
Jeremy, who was homeless, would listen from the fringes to the sermon.
Navarre Beach vendor helps reunite Arkansas man with championship ring
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in News.
William Brown left Navarre Beach July 24 accepting the painful reality that his high school state championship ring had been lost forever.
He believes he lost it the Wednesday night of his week-long vacation here from Arkansas.
Lost state championship ring found on Navarre beach
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in News.
A vendor on Navarre Beach found a 1981 Jacksonville (Arkansas) state championship ring last week, and now he’s hoping to get it back to the owner of it.
Ed Duval discovered the ring in the sand near one of the dunes last Monday morning.
Speed matters – Navarre Beach lifeguards complete wave runner training
Written by Brian Lester on . Posted in Beach.
Navarre Beach Lifeguard Tessa Hendricks slices through the sun-kissed surf of the Gulf of Mexico driving a wave runner on a hot and humid summer morning. Her eyes lock in on the victim that is decked out in yellow and bobbing in the waves.
Siblings share passion for saving turtles and spreading awareness on Navarre Beach
Written by Kaitie Kiger on . Posted in Beach.
The Thomas family visited Navarre Beach from Missouri last week and spent six of their eight nights here educating people about turtle nesting.
Navarre pets fall victim to backyard snake
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
On a recent July morning, Andrew Thompson let Bitty and Bentley, his two Yorkshire terriers outside, just as he had done for years.
They had both been outside for about 5 minutes before Bentley came bolting back in. This behavior wasn’t out of the ordinary for Bentley, who is still a puppy, Andrew said. What was out of the ordinary was the fact that 12-year-old Bitty had not come back with Bentley.