Developer plans more than 80 homes south of U.S. 98
The Santa Rosa County Zoning Board heard 15 requests for variances, conditional uses, and rezoning during a 6-hour meeting that adjourned after midnight Thursday.
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Calkins drafting ‘All Lives Matter’ ordinance to ban abortion clinics
Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in News.
Federal and state legal opinions currently block Santa Rosa County from banning abortion clinics, but Commissioner James Calkins wants to be ready to act if those barriers are removed.
Increased use causes need to rebuild Tibet Drive
Written by Ken Garner on . Posted in News.
Santa Rosa County plans to rebuild tiny Tibet Drive, including an 800-foot privately owned section, to fix damage caused by increased use after Hurricane Sally.
Milton man charged with myriad offenses following traffic stop
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Crime, News.
A 29 year old Milton man was booked into jail on June 3 after investigators with the Santa Rosa Sheriff’s Office began looking into him following a traffic stop.
The man, Mark Anthony Frate, was stopped on June 3 after a sergeant with Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office noticed that Frate was driving down the road at four in the morning with a two year old in his lap. The two year old was unrestrained in the car.
Out and About
Written by Sandi Kemp on . Posted in Opinion, Out and About.
There is a gun show this weekend, Saturday and Sunday June 4 and 5 at the Santa Rosa County Auditorium, Milton, FL from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Ads were placed by the gentleman that runs the thirty plus year old gun show more than a month ago and have been running ever since.
Title One shakeup in School District
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Education.
Every year, the Santa Rosa County School District receives funding from the federal government to bolster educational opportunities and programs.
All those federal dollars go through the Office of Federal Programs. One type of funding is Title I and only specific schools are included in the funding.
Commissioner Piech gives Navarre updates during virtual town hall
Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in News.
On May 10, Santa Rosa County Commissioner Dave Piech held his monthly town hall over Zoom.
Piech discussed the various developments in the area and where they are all at as of May.
Local outreach offering A HOPE for pets
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.
A local animal outreach, A HOPE, works toward serving the animals in Santa Rosa County.
The focus of A HOPE, which stands for Animal Health Outreach Prevention Education, is to spay, neuter and vaccinate county animals at an affordable rate, whether that be for stray community cats or beloved family dogs.
Fentanyl Awareness Day alerts to issue in SRC
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
National Fentanyl Awareness Day seeks to bring attention to a prevalent drug issue, one that affects Santa Rosa County residents.
According to a press release from Attorney General Ashely Moody, over 105,000 Americans died of a drug overdose in the span of a year, and more than 66% of those deaths were related to synthetic opioids such as fentanyl.
Former mayor, Thompson, released
Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.
Guy Thompson, the former Mayor of Milton, was released from the federal prison he was staying in two years before his set release date.
On January 17, 2020, Thompson was sentenced to 51 months in prison for embezzling over $650,000 from the United Way of Santa Rosa County, which he ran for 39 years. The sentencing came after the FBI and IRS investigated Thompson’s finances for the years of 2011-2018.