In the late 1930s, just south of Boston, sales of Nestle brand economy size semisweet chocolate bars were exploding. The sales spiked so much the company sent a representative to the area to discover the source of the peaking profits.
Father’s Day is this Sunday. Don’t forget to take your father to Oak Ridge Gun Range on Father’s Day for a BBQ in the parking lot and discounts on select fire arms.
January Dredging delay sought Navarre area tourism leaders sought and were denied a delay in the project to renourish Navarre Beach beginning in April (Jan 7). Rates, questions rose for Fairpoint Fairpoint Regional Utility System raised their rates and subsequently faced scrutiny over accounting and certain employee expenses (Jan. 7). Black Hawk Memorial funding slowed […]
Lia Wolfe was 16 years old when she almost died by her own hands. On a cold day in February 2013, she felt so alone and isolated that she wrote a suicide note and took action with the intent to never wake up again. Wolfe almost became one of the more than 30,000 people in the United States who kill themselves every year. This is why September is Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
We made a few small changes to this week’s issue but next week – there will be an even more noticeable difference. One difference will be where you will find this page. We are going to move this page to the back of the A section for several reasons one of which is because we are going to have two pages of editorial content. We have had a small debate at the office about our section that starts out with the word “Community.” All of Navarre Press is about our community or news that affects our community, so why have a page that says “Community?” We are still mulling that over. We will be moving a few other pages around and we are going to have a regular “History” page. The page may appear every other week – or every week. Today’s news is tomorrow’s history. However, we have found a source for local history that is a-w-e-s-o-m-e.
