Commissioners exempt from Facebook oversight
Most Santa Rosa commissioners aren’t using the official Facebook pages –offered to them last year by the county—on which their postings could be monitored and archived as public records.
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Dispute spotlights gap in tracking officials’ messages
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The current national Sunshine Week initiative (March 12-18) to educate the public about the importance of transparency in government finds Santa Rosa lagging in how it watchdogs officials’ mobile phone text messaging.
52 years of debate and still no Navarre Pass
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In July 1965, a man-made waterway was opened that connected the Santa Rosa Sound to the Gulf of Mexico across a span of Navarre Beach 450 yards west of Navarre Bridge, near the boundary line with Eglin Air Force Base.
Suspect in child porn case previously charged with sexual battery
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A Gulf Breeze man accused of possessing child pornography was indicted by a federal grand jury March 10.
Out and About
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The Navarre YMCA wants to remind you that your membership includes childcare. You take care of your wellness while the Y takes care of your child.
Middle schooler honored for heroic call
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Peyton Jones, 11, is a normal middle schooler.
No holds barred in pier dispute
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The legal dispute among partners who manage the Navarre Beach Pier has them hurling allegations at each other over nearly everything but the kitchen sink –and who’s in charge of that is even in doubt.
Robbery spree ends with teen in prison
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A month-long robbery spree that began in Navarre and ran through Santa Rosa and Escambia counties ended in a sentence of 25 years in state prison for Lonnie Locks, 19, after he pleaded guilty March 2 and 3.
Commissioners at odds on need for pier master plan
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County Commission Chairman Rob Williamson has a vision of what the Navarre Beach pier should look like in coming years.
Courthouse verdict déjà vu
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With downtown Milton now in the rearview mirror as the site for a new county courthouse, Santa Rosa commissioners say they’re open to offers of free land or good buys in likely locations.