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Businesses get ready for spring break

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Business.

You don’t have to drive very far before you see “now hiring” on business reader boards around the Navarre area. Owners and managers know it won’t be long before spring breakers head south to the beaches and into their restaurants and stores.

Firms compete for HBTS watershed drainage improvement plan

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Qualifications for engineering services for the Holley By The Sea (HBTS) watershed drainage improvement project were due Jan. 21. Six firms provided submissions and, based on county staff recommendations, commissioners interviewed four companies Feb. 24, selecting Baskerville Donovan, Inc.

Group supporting Navarre’s incorporation seeks signatures

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

The Citizens to Incorporate Navarre Political Action Committee is actively seeking signatures in an effort to persuade county officials to put a nonbinding straw poll to gauge interest in Navarre becoming a city on the August 26 primary ballot. The group met last night at the Navarre Conference Center to provide an update on their efforts.

HERE’S LOOKING AT YOU JAMES SAMUEL HUDSON

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Community.

James Hudson said he didn’t remember much about the Depression, but he did remember meeting his older relatives for the first time.

Dine out with your dog

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Restaurants on Pensacola Beach could soon see some new patrons of the four-legged variety. The Santa Rosa Island Authority voted Feb. 12 to green-light pursuing the adoption of a state ordinance called the Dixie Cup Clary Act, which would give restaurants with outdoor eating areas the option to allow patrons to bring their pets with them as they dine.

H1N1 deaths cause flu shot influx

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Local deaths from the H1N1 have resulted in an increased number of residents protecting themselves against the flu virus recently.

Pier restaurant opening delayed

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Business.

Although the new operators of the Navarre Beach Fishing Pier had hoped to open a restaurant on the premises by mid-February, those plans have been delayed.

Transportation project scoring criteria remains unchanged

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in News.

Recently Escambia County Interim Administrator Larry Newsom sought on behalf of county staff to amend criteria proposed to rank certain Florida-Alabama Transportation Planning Organization (TPO) projects funded by the federal gas tax. Instead of adopting or amending the proposed ranking, the TPO voted instead to refer the matter to committee for further review.

GB woman helps grandson escape from police

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Crime, News.

A 74-year-old woman hid her grandson in the trunk of her car in an attempt to conceal him from officers Wednesday, according to a Gulf Breeze Police Department arrest report.

Corrections officer arrested for sexual battery

Written by Staff Reporters on February 20, 2014. Posted in Crime, News.

An employee of the Santa Rosa Corrections Institution, 37-year-old Billy Chad Gibson, was arrested Feb. 13 and charged with 10 counts of Capital Sexual Battery on a child less than 12 years of age.