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Volunteers needed for tally of homeless

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Community.

On the evening of Jan. 24, thousands of volunteers across the nation will take to the streets with pens in hand to count the nation’s homeless in shelters and camps, beneath highway overpasses, in wooded areas and more as part of the 2018 HUD Point in Time Count (PIT).

Hard bargaining looms in Garcon bridge deal

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

Local legislators want to acquire the Garcon Point Bridge, but first they have to sell the deal to fellow lawmakers and then to current private owners of the bonds that funded the bridge’s construction in 1999.

Navarre hotel moving forward

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

Despite lengthy delays, construction of a new hotel along Navarre Parkway near the eastern foot of the Navarre Beach Bridge could be underway within weeks.

Joy ride lands teens in jail

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Crime, News.

Two teenagers have been jailed in connection with an incident in which a stolen car was allegedly used to perform “donuts” at the Hidden Creek Golf Club, causing thousands of dollars in damage to the greens.

My town

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in Letters to the Editor, Opinion.

I am the Holley Navarre Water System board director who voted against hiring Rob Williamson as CEO of the utility. My friends and family keep asking me, “why don’t you just quit? You have nothing to gain and nothing is going to change.” My answer is because this is my town. I got my first job out of college in Navarre in 1992 and have been here since then. We had a gas station at Highways 98 and 87, Winn Dixie and McDonalds. It was a small town with good, honest people. That’s why I decided this is where I wanted to be.

Water works 101

Written by Gail Acosta on . Posted in News.

Before 1970, residents of Holley used pitcher pumps for their water source. But a small group of Holley residents saw the need for potable water and stepped forward to form what is the Holley Navarre Water System. With funding from the Farmers’ Home Administration, they began laying the pipes to bring water into their homes.

Gulf Breeze shooting

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

Nolen Allen Childers, age 67 of Gulf Breeze, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 2, and charged with attempted second degree murder for reportedly shooting his neighbor Ralph Amick.

2017 Year in Review

Written by Staff Reporters on . Posted in News.

Sign-gate

Early in March the marketing firm hired by the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC), announced a new marketing slogan for Navarre. The motto, “Florida’s most relaxing place” would replace the long used “Florida’s best kept secret.” Problems started early in what would later be dubbed “Sign-gate.”

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