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And the winner is

The Gulf Breeze Chamber hosted their annual Awards Gala Saturday night to thank their members, businesses, board of directors and board members. The evening was set at New World Landing in downtown Pensacola with a Gulf Breeze theme to honor outgoing chairman of the board and “breezer” Jamie Walker of DigiPro Media and welcome chair elect Bronwyn Naylor of Techworx.

Microplastics, hidden source of beach pollution

Residents of Navarre and Gulf Breeze have been dumping pounds of plastic into the Gulf of Mexico for years without knowing it. Every time they go through their morning routine there is plastic slipping down the drain in the form of microbeads.

Deputy raises would cost $1.8 million

On Jan. 23, Santa Rosa’s new sheriff Bob Johnson will go before the board to ask for nearly $1.8 million in raises for his deputies trying to fulfill the promise he made to his officers at his swearing in ceremony.

Holley-Navarre Water updates election protocol

The election of two members to the Holley-Navarre Water System (HNWS) board of directors will be held Jan. 17, and the rules regarding how to vote have changed. The 2015 and 2016 elections led to accusations of candidates and even HNWS employees manipulating proxies. The addition of absentee ballots and PIN numbers is the utility’s answer to correcting that.

Jones sentenced to 33 years

Monica Nicole-Gonzalez Jones was sentenced by Circuit Judge Ross Goodman to a total of 33 years in state prison.  Twenty-eight years of that sentence must be served as a minimum mandatory sentence.  Jones will be required to serve 28 years day for day with no gain time. Judge Goodman also ordered Jones to pay a $550,000 fine. 

Gulf Breeze may delay medical pot sales

Although medical marijuana sales are supposed to be available in more Florida venues starting this week, the City of Gulf Breeze is considering a one-year moratorium on dispensing and treatment centers within its borders.

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Dredging done

About 1.3 million cubic yards of sand was dredged from the Gulf and piped onto the Navarre Beach shoreline.

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