County sets legislative priorities
Members of Santa Rosa County’s state legislative delegation will hold a public hearing from 5:30-7 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the Santa Rosa County Administrative Complex, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton.
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Members of Santa Rosa County’s state legislative delegation will hold a public hearing from 5:30-7 p.m. on Jan. 8 at the Santa Rosa County Administrative Complex, 6495 Caroline Street, Milton.
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I can’t emphasize enough how important it is that you buy tickets to Navarre’s Centennial Celebration which will be held on June 21. The tickets are $100 each and almost every dollar of that ticket is being spent on the food, the decorations, the party favor of a commemorative coin, and the entertainment. You will enjoy learning about Navarre’s founding in 1925 and the recording history of this area dating back a century before that. You don’t have to be a history nerd to hear the stories that will be told. In fact, our history has every element of what makes a good story – fantastic, but true. You will hear stories of murder, sheriff’s politicking, love, lust, marriages, adoptions, divorce, more death (or was it murder) money, fame, fortune, and then losing it all again – all wrapped up in what was going on with the rest of the world and in Northwest Florida. You will be amazed at how busy our little unincorporated area of Santa Rosa County has been in the last 100 years. All that, and a phenomenal band, Six Piece Suits and scrumptious food.
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Leisure Street at Pepper Drive will be closed on Tuesday, May 6, for installation of the reclaimed water main. The roadway is expected to be closed from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Residents in the area can utilize Moray Drive as a detour. This is part of phase one of the Eglin Regional Reuse Project. Santa Rosa County and the Holley Navarre Water System (HNWS) are partners on the Eglin Regional Reuse Project, which will ultimately allow Santa Rosa County to remove treated wastewater effluent from Santa Rosa Sound and allow HNWS to send reclaimed water to rapid infiltration basins located on Eglin AFB.
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Sandollar Owners’ Association Inc. has gained authority to demolish a portion of Navarre Beach Residential Section known as Sandollar Condominium.
Located at 7885 Gulf Blvd., the building is on lot 11 of block 3 in the Navarre Beach Residential Section. The authority was granted by the Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners during the April 24 regular board meeting.Written by Hansen Hasenberg on . Posted in Community, Faith, News.
Plans have been submitted to Santa Rosa County for a new church building at 7484 Autumn Trace Blvd., near Harvest Village in Navarre.
The church, Bethel Community Worship Center, has been around in its current form since 2018, meeting at Betty J. Pullum YMCA for services. The 0.674-acre Autumn Trace property has been in the church’s possession since 2020, but it is currently vacant.
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Oriole Beach Boat Ramp needs some improvements and Santa Rosa County hopes to have found a solution.
The Board of County Commissioners recently approved the submission of the Florida Boating Improvement Program (FBIP) Grant application for boat ramp and parking lot improvements at the Oriole Beach Boat Ramp facility.
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When I originally wrote this column last week, there were openings for the boys basketball head coaching positions at two schools in Santa Rosa County.
But I had to make a few changes as Milton has since filled its void. Navarre’s job is still open but will be filled at some point later this spring.
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All the work weightlifting athletes from Santa Rosa County have put in this season reaches a culmination Saturday at the FHSAA state meet in Lakeland.
Action for 1A and 3A lifters gets underway at 9 a.m. EST at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.
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Santa Rosa County has an aptly named department for maintaining and repairing county roads and bridges – called ‘Roads and Bridges.’ They have a budget that includes among other things maintenance of county bridges.
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A developer has submitted plans to Santa Rosa County to build a 28 home single-family residential subdivision at the northern terminus of Adams Street near West Navarre Intermediate School and the Holley by The Sea subdivision. The area where Lydia’s Cove is proposed is currently vacant.