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Beach replenishment moving ahead

Written by Staff Reporters on May 19, 2016. Posted in Beach.

Keeping a protective watch for nesting sea turtles and birds, Weeks Marine Inc. is replenishing Navarre Beach with more than one million cubic yards of dredged sand in hopes of finishing by the holiday weekend of July Fourth.

Wyrosdick to feds: Stand back and stand down

Written by Gail Acosta on May 19, 2016. Posted in News.

The Department of Justice, together with the Department of Education, has effectively held Title IX funding over the heads of school districts nationwide to promote third gender protections and recognitions.

Water utilities raise yellow flags for expansion leverage

Written by Staff Reporters on May 19, 2016. Posted in News.

Two of Santa Rosa’s major wastewater utilities are citing state-regulated effluent treatment limits while lobbying county commissioners to grant expansion plans that face public opposition.

Engineering career leads Phillips back to alma mater

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Beach.

Jenna Phillips saw her interest in science fueled to another level while in high school. It was during a field trip with Charlene Mauro’s science class.

Wastewater pact with Eglin on distant horizon

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in News.

Although Holley-Navarre Water System officials have reassured Williams Creek residents that the utility’s plan to treat wastewater near their homes is temporary, an alternative proposal to pipe the effluent to Eglin Air Force Base is years from reality.

Keeping art education alive

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Education.

Oh what a night for art programs in the local schools. Educators, students and supporters of the arts gathered in the Gulf Breeze Library Meeting Room the evening of May 3 for a presentation where Gulf Breeze Arts, Inc., awarded a $20,000 grant for art programs and other education efforts in area schools.

Bear-control law shot down

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Community.

No, residents of Santa Rosa won’t be breaking the law by failing to pick up ripe fruit that has fallen from trees or bushes in their yards.

New park’s lack of restrooms questioned

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Community.

The county’s new $750,000 Bagdad Mill Site Park that’s scheduled to open May 16 will be a recreational showplace, but some tourism leaders have questioned why it won’t have public restrooms.

Bill creates changes in school controlled open enrollment

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Education.

According to Gov. Rick Scott’s newly approved House Bill 7029, parents are now allowed to enroll their children in any public or charter school which isn’t filled to capacity. Taking effect for the 2017-2018 school years, the amendment to section 5, section 1002.31 of the Florida Statute, will open up school options for students statewide. In terms of local outcomes however, drastic changes are not to be expected.

Sea Turtle nesting season starts

Written by Staff Reporters on May 5, 2016. Posted in Community.

The highly anticipated nesting season for sea turtles began May 1 and continues until October 31. Navarre Beach is home to four of the six of the species of sea turtles listed as threatened or endangered and protected by the Endangered Species Act; loggerhead, green, leatherback and Kemp’s ridley.