Take a Kid Fishing set for October
The Navarre Beach Fishing pier will be the site of the Take a Kid Fishing event on Navarre Beach in October. The event coincides with the Navarre Beach Fishing Rodeo that will also be going on that weekend.
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Property insurance on the rise, again
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Like deja vu, property insurance rates could be on the rise yet again this year as Citizens Property Insurance has filed to raise rates for a variety of policy types across the state.
Emergency officials keep Cold War vigilance
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Although a nuclear attack on our area is far less likely than such natural catastrophes as hurricanes, Daniel Hahn has a plan to take cover in his house and use a large couch as a shield from gamma rays.
Stinging rebuke for Tourism Development Office
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Santa Rosa officials have sidestepped the volunteer Tourist Development Council to revoke the county’s longtime membership in the state’s leisure industry marketing agency–Visit Florida–prompting a warning from state House Speaker Richard Corcoran.
Gulf Breeze’s golf course legal fees top $1 million
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The money-pit image of Tiger Point Golf Club is well known among taxpayers and officials in the City of Gulf Breeze, which owns the 375-acre property.
YMCA sees leadership shake up
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After a high staff turnover summer, the Pullum Family YMCA started this week with a new executive director. Bill Seedes, executive director of the Bear Levin Studer YMCA branch in Pensacola, has taken over as interim executive director for the Navarre branch as of Monday.
Gulf Breezes enacts medical marijuana sales ban
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Any potential controversy about the new City of Gulf Breeze ordinance that prohibits medical marijuana sales outlets within the municipality’s borders ended with no one speaking up in a public hearing on the matter Monday night.
Pet ownership – and spending – continues to rise
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Americans own more pets than ever before – and that means they are spending more on their animals.
Modern-day Good Samaritans
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In the Bible, Jesus told a parable of the Good Samaritan. The story goes that a man who was traveling to Jericho was attacked by robbers and left to die by the side of the road. Two people saw him there and passed by without doing anything to help.
Cyclospora infections up 134 percent nationwide
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The number of reported Cyclospora infections is up 134 percent nationwide from last year, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Between May 1 and Aug. 2 this year, 206 cases of cyclosporiasis were reported in persons who became infected in the United States. During the same period last year, 88 cases were reported to the CDC.