Clay Conference kicks off Wednesday
Clay Conference kicks off Wednesday
Potters from all over the nation will come to Santa Rosa County for The Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society, Inc. 2016 Woodstoke Pottery and Kiln Firing on Saturday, Feb. 6. The highlight will be opening two historical wood-fueled kilns unveiling creations by many different potters. This will be at Holley Hill Pottery, on the corner … read more
Rotary hosting gun raffle
Rotary hosting gun raffle
Navarre’s Rotary Club has brought a new type of fundraiser to the Navarre area. The club is running a gun raffle where they will raffle off one gun a day for 30 straight days starting on April 1. The raffle tickets are on sale now online at navarrerotarygunraffle.com, where you can view all the prizes … read more
Lacrosse season kicking off
Lacrosse season kicking off
Gulf Breeze High School Lacrosse boys’ and girls’ head coaches Matt Dorf and Carlee Costello are looking forward to the upcoming season of 2016, mostly because of the fact that it will be the first time Santa Rosa/Escambia has competed in a local district. Since the programs’ inception in 2012, the Gulf Breeze High School … read more
Giving back
Giving back
Funds keep flowing in to help get family members of the servicemen who perished in a Blackhawk Helicopter accident in Navarre last year to the area for the one-year anniversary of the crash. American Legion Post #382 in Navarre donated $3,000 to the Remembering Black Hawk 11 memorial ceremony effort last week. “We were tremendously … read more
Storm rips through area
Storm rips through area
A Gulf Breeze ranch owner was one of many people affected by the storm that ripped through the area last Friday morning. The storm brought with it heavy straight-line winds that caused tornado-like damage through one Midway neighborhood at around 1 a.m. that morning. Beaver Pond Ranch owner, Sunny Bolton, awoke early that morning to … read more
Man booked on arson charges
Man booked on arson charges
An arson investigation last weekend determined that a Navarre man was responsible for setting several structures on fire at a business on Highway 87 South according to a report from the Santa Rosa County Sheriff’s Office. The man, John Justice, 55, was booked into Santa Rosa County Jail and charged with second degree felony Arson … read more
Name change struck down by residents
Name change struck down by residents
The Commissioner who suggested adding the word Memorial to Navarre Park’s name reluctantly dropped the subject after several citizens and Board members objected, at Monday’s Commission meeting. “I don’t believe it strikes a somber tone. I believe it’s who we are. And I think we should be naming every park a memorial park,” Williamson said, … read more
Dolphin girls inch by Milton
Dolphin girls inch by Milton
It may have been in the 40s outside, but Gulf Breeze’s game against Milton High School last Thursday night had the inside of the gymnasium at Milton High School scorching hot. The lady Dolphins barely slipped past Milton to win by a nail-biting one point with a final score of 49-48. A series of fouls … read more
Navarre boys succeed over Ft. Walton Beach
Navarre boys succeed over Ft. Walton Beach
Navarre High School basketball team tallied another victory on Saturday after coming from behind to beat Foley High School 53-43 in a close home match that gave the Raiders its second victory in a row. Foley started off strong on offense, netting 17 points in the first 8 minutes of the game to get out … read more
Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march
Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march
For the families who lost loved ones aboard the Blackhawk Helicopter that went down in the sound last year in Navarre, closure may never come. But one local group is trying to help turn the page for many of those families around and on the anniversary of the crash in March. That group, Remembering Blackhawk … read more
