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Problems plague Florida Department of Corrections

Written by Staff Reporters on October 2, 2014. Posted in Community.

Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Michael Crews was in Milton last week, speaking out on department budget cuts and employee terminations. Crews fired 32 employees Sept. 19, triggering verbal attacks from Teamsters and further scrutiny of his beleaguered agency.

Holley residents petition for park upgrades

Written by Staff Reporters on October 2, 2014. Posted in Community.

Residents of Holley are signing a petition, urging the county to add playground equipment, restrooms and bleachers at Holley Ball Park. Currently the 3.5-acre park owned by the county and located on Bob Tolbert Road, has sparse accommodations, including a ball field, batting cages and one portable toilet.

The cost of being unwell

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in News.

Over 102,000 residents of Santa Rosa and Escambia counties are smokers, more than 167,000 are overweight and another 136,000 are obese according to research conducted by the Partnership For A Healthy Community (PFAHC).

SRC schools bursting at the seams with student growth

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in Education.

Navarre schools have experienced skyrocketing growth in the 2014-2015 school year. The district has enrolled 691 more students than they originally projected.

My visit to Boston

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in Editorial, Opinion.

I recently visited Boston with my sisters. I always enjoy traveling there because of the rich history found in Boston and the surrounding areas. I learned something new about our founding fathers and that fateful day we sparked a revolution with a single musket shot at Concord. Paul Revere was not in the tower of the North Church in Boston waving lanterns. That job was assigned to another. He was standing by on his horse waiting for the signal to warn the families in Concord that the British were coming to destroy their munitions stored at Concord.

Festival season is upon us!

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in Community.

This weekend two major events are taking place at the beach – The Navarre Beach Sand Sculpting Festival and Navarre Beach Fishing Rodeo. Those events are serving as a prelude to a monthlong celebration of the best October venues Santa Rosa has to offer during the 2014 Beaches to Woodlands Tour.

The doors are locked

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in Business.

The doors are locked, the number no longer works and the seats are empty at Reggie’s House of Pizza.

July tourism revenues best on record

Written by Staff Reporters on September 25, 2014. Posted in News.

Thousands of visitors packed Navarre Beach this summer, booking up area hotels and condos. Coupled with a one-cent bed tax increase effective June 1, resulting revenues were the highest ever recorded during the month of July. More than $427,000 was collected.

Commission set to rehire state lobbyist

Written by Staff Reporters on September 18, 2014. Posted in News.

Commissioners are at odds over whether or not to rehire a state lobbyist. At Monday’s committee meeting the board was divided on the issue until Commissioner Bob Cole leaned in favor of the hire. The board will vote on the matter today.

The 4 hs in 4H stand for head, heart, hands and health.

Written by Staff Reporters on September 18, 2014. Posted in News.

“4H has expanded so much, but of course it still includes poultry and cattle,” said Dawn Keeton, whose sons Lance and Landyn are members of the Homegrown Ocean Investigators 4H Club.