Commission tables feasibility study on aquatics center
The Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners voted Thursday to table an agenda item related to a feasibility study for a new aquatics center.
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BP money goes to new FSU facilities in panhandle
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Tallahassee – Florida State University is in line to receive up to $98.5 million to construct aerospace and advanced manufacturing facilities in Panama City, under a contract approved Wednesday by the Triumph Gulf Coast Board of Directors.
New fiber optic network deployed in northwest Florida
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LiveOak Fiber, a regional broadband provider, is excited to announce that the company’s Northwest Florida fiber network deployment is nearly halfway complete and is already providing broadband services to thousands of residential and business customers.
Eglin project Phase 1A to expand with change order
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The Eglin Reuse Project, also known as the Santa Rosa Reuse Project and the Eglin RIBs Project, is currently in Phase 1A. Land on Eglin Air Force Base is being cleared and prepared for the eventual arrival of a Holley Navarre Water System spray field.
Central’s Bennett named district Teacher of the Year
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Each year, Santa Rosa District Schools gather members of the school board, Santa Rosa Education Foundation and the community together to surprise the pick for Santa Rosa Teacher of the Year. This year, the group ventured to Allentown to announce Christal Bennett, Central School’s band teacher, as the district’s best.
Second annual Pensacola Bay Snake Report provides insight into serpent numbers
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When some people hear the word, “snake,” it often elicits responses such as screams or shivers up the spine. While a fear of snakes, which sometimes manifests itself in ophidiophobia, a more intense fear of snakes, may be common, it doesn’t negate the fact they are here.
Fill the Mayflower food drive collects more than 47K meals
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The 16th Annual Fill the Mayflower food and funds drive – presented by Coastal Moving and Storage and benefitting Manna Food Bank – was a success, raising the equivalent of more than 47,000 healthy meals for neighbors in need in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties! Food collected during Fill the Mayflower at Cordova Mall will be distributed through Manna’s pantry and 17 food security programs in the two-county area.
Faith-based organizations should participate in plan for community service
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Everyone would agree that it’s important to help and protect the truly needy and vulnerable in our society. How best to provide that service is a much more contentious issue. On one extreme, people argue that only the state has the wealth and power for such a mission; on the other, people object to government taking any more money from the public (in the form of taxes) and suggest government bureaucracy is too inefficient and wasteful.
Holley Navarre Primary’s Whitman ‘STEAM’ driven
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For Stephanie Whitman, being a teacher is a team effort. From students working with teachers to teachers working with other teachers to provide the best education possible, collaboration is key.
Whitman, who teaches first grade at Holley Navarre Primary School, was recently named her school’s teacher of the year. It is the first time she has been given the honor.Treatment: ‘more than not taking a drug’
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Fentanyl usage has reached a crisis point in the United States. The potent and dangerous synthetic opioid, which is oftentimes mixed with other drugs like heroin and methamphetamine, is the leading cause of death in adults aged 18-45, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA).