Longtime Navarre resident Phil Babiak has been advocating for years for a secondary east-west route between Navarre and Hurlburt Field to alleviate mounting traffic concerns along U.S. Highway 98.
It was just a typical school day Feb. 2 for 16-year-old Vinny Solomon as he sat in class at Navarre High School. It was Friday, and the weekend was on its way. But something was not right. An all-too-familiar feeling was creeping up on Vinny.
Just another inch or two and the ball is fair and probably good for an extra-base hit. Instead it goes foul, and University of West Florida (UWF) softball player Callan Taylor steps back up to the plate to take another swing at a pitch during a game against Valdosta State two weeks ago.
A year and a half ago, a team of Navarre handymen loaded into a plane and flew over the Atlantic to the tiny town of Botassart in the southern part of Belgium near the border of France.
It’s past time for me to tell my side of the story. I have not responded to the chaos posted on Facebook and articles in the South Santa Rosa News because of my fiduciary responsibility to the Holley Navarre Water System, Inc., and you, the membership. That responsibility is to act in the best interest of the corporation at all times, which I take seriously. Delaying my reply has been at a personal cost, as my honor and ethics were targeted, disparaged and vilified.
Of the 260 million tons of plastic produced each year, 10 percent of it will end up in the world’s oceans, according to a study by the environmental group Greenpeace.
Work is underway to bring new volleyball courts to Navarre Beach, but feathery residents and conservation laws could derail that project – and the tourist revenue that would come with it.