NHS’s brightest students honored
Proud parents were at Navarre High School April 29 to recognize graduating seniors and bright students who were inducted into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society.
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Navarre Fishing Rodeo changes dates
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Organizers of the Navarre Fishing Rodeo have announced the second annual event will be held Sept. 27 and 28. The event had originally been scheduled for Father’s Day weekend June 14 – 15.
Big crowd for butterflies
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Area residents were in Navarre Park before 10 a.m. Saturday waiting for the Panhandle Butterfly House to open for the season. Mary Derrick from University of Florida Extension Service told the crowd improvements had been made for this year.
More than 600 jobs headed to East Milton
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Three companies are bringing more than 600 jobs to East Milton. Navy Federal Credit Union has leased property in Santa Rosa Industrial Park, where Gulf Cable has almost completed an expansion and Golding Gulf Distributors is breaking ground on a massive new facility.
Water damages local infrastructure
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Floodwaters do more than damage homes and businesses and make roads and streets look like ponds or rivers. The power of the rushing water can damage roads and also the utility lines under them.
Continued restaurant delays causing pier partnership rift
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Joey Bryant and Scott Rayner, representing the new Navarre Beach Fishing pier management team, updated commissioners at the board’s May 5 committee meeting. They discussed obstacles encountered after taking over operations Jan. 1, including one partner’s ongoing delays opening the restaurant.
Gov. seeks federal disaster declaration
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Gov. Rick Scott submitted a letter May 5 to President Barack Obama requesting that he issue a major disaster declaration for Santa Rosa and Escambia counties. The state’s two senators quickly responded by adding their support to the governor’s request.
Navarre Park tests for moderate levels of bacteria
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Water samples tested April 14 from Navarre Park contained moderate levels of the bacteria Enterococci, or fecal strep, according to data from the Florida Healthy Beaches Program. The levels, however, were not high enough to issue a water advisory for Navarre Park.
‘Vaping’ becoming a popular smoking alternative
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Although it may still be a bit jarring for some, it’s becoming more common to see people holding what looks like a cigarette, exhaling clouds of a milky white substance into the air at public places including shopping malls, grocery stores and airports.
Biking for the health of it
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Pensacola Mayor Ashton Hayward and other city and community leaders gathered April 25 in Plaza Ferdinand VII in downtown Pensacola to promote the installation of 20 new bike racks along Palafox Street.