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UF/IFAS Extension Peanut Butter Challenge kicks off Oct. 1

Written by Staff Reporters on September 14, 2023. Posted in News.

The Peanut Butter Challenge, UF/IFAS Extension’s annual collection for local food pantries that launched in the Florida Panhandle in 2012, is again spreading statewide this year. The challenge starts Oct. 1 and runs through the entire month. In 2022, citizens of Santa Rosa County (SRC) donated 2,056 jars (for a total of 2,657 pounds) of peanut butter to the SRC challenge.

BoCC to consider LDC final draft

Written by Ken Garner on September 13, 2023. Posted in News.

After months of workshops and debate, the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners will review the final draft of its updated Land Development Code at a special meeting beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18.

Dear commissioners: Please support the alternative subdivision provision

Written by Staff Reporters on September 12, 2023. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

The Santa Rosa County Commission is expected to approve the revised Land Development Code at a special meeting Monday.

With that in mind, we’d like to share some observations about one of the recurring themes of the last few months’ debates: the alternative subdivision provision.

Future south end school sports complex plans revealed to school board

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 11, 2023. Posted in Education, News.

Although the new south end high school won’t be in class until 2026, DAG Architects, the firm charged with designing it, unveiled plans for the school’s sports complex at the Santa Rosa County School Board’s Sept. 7 meeting.

A sports complex is phase III of the project. The first phase is the early site package to include curbing and groundwork. Phase II is the building of the high school itself.

Code enforcement cites Andy D’s for flags, vendor

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 8, 2023. Posted in Business.

This summer, a restaurant on Navarre Beach has faced multiple code violations for its use of flags on county right of way. Santa Rosa County Code Enforcement has given Andy D’s, owned by Andrew DeMartin, two citations since the beginning of July.

Marine Corps officer choked child, says law enforcement

Written by Staff Reporters on September 8, 2023. Posted in News.

A Marine Corps leader was arrested Sept. 2 in Santa Rosa County and charged with cruelty toward a child and battery with domestic violence after he allegedly choked a child.

Michael Masters, 40, had been serving as an executive officer at Parris Island with the recruit training regiment. Parris Island is the main Marine training installation for Marine recruits east of the Mississippi River.

Zoning board send land development code changes to commission

Written by Ken Garner on September 7, 2023. Posted in News.

Last week, the Santa Rosa County Zoning Board reviewed proposed changes to the county’s Land Development Code for the last time before the final draft goes before the Board of County Commissioners for final approval.

East Bay Blvd. storage lot to become RV park

Written by Staff Reporters on September 5, 2023. Posted in Business, News.

A storage lot on East Bay Blvd. (County Road 399) is set to become an RV park, according to Santa Rosa County Planning and Zoning. The storage lot, which is operated as DB Storage, is located at 8352 East Bay Blvd.

With temperature trouble at animal shelter, cool company comes through

Written by Hansen Hasenberg on September 5, 2023. Posted in Community, News.

If you think it’s been hot this summer, imagine what you’d feel like if you were covered in fur.

This August in Milton, where the county animal shelter is located, the temperature has hovered in the high 80s and 90s. Santa Rosa County Animal Services’ dog population, of which they have about 86 dogs, has had to deal with those temperatures in the animal shelter, which despite being inside, isn’t closed in.

SRCAS has worked hard to keep the dogs in relative comfort, but it has been tough sledding, especially in August. That’s when a local A/C company stepped in to help.

Animal Services to hold Community Cats Day Sept. 13

Written by Staff Reporters on September 5, 2023. Posted in News.

Santa Rosa County Animal Services is hosting a Community Cats Day for Santa Rosa County residents Wednesday, Sept. 13, at Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter, 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton. Up to 40 stray/feral cats will be accepted for free spay and neutering through community cats program funding.