Water board election slated for Tuesday
Water board election slated for Tuesday
The annual membership meeting and election of directors for Holley-Navarre Water System Inc., will take place Tuesday, January 20. The meeting will be called to order at 7 a.m. and voting will take place from 7:30 a.m. until 7 p.m. Current board members running for re-election include James Calkins, Robert Coley and Bien May. Longtime … read more
County approves several south end items
County approves several south end items
At their Thursday commission meeting, Santa Rosa County Commissioners approved a number of south end projects and other agenda items including: l Accepting $40,000 in grant money from Florida’s Department of Transportation. The grant is part of a landscape U.S. 98 landscaping project from west of Andorra St. to Ortega. The County asked for the … read more
County refuses to rebid pier contract
County refuses to rebid pier contract
Santa Rosa Commissioners, Thursday, voted to transfer a number of Navarre Pier management company expenses to the county, but stopped short of putting the job out for rebid. The county will now fund a pier employee to collect gate receipts; and will pay for trash collection, maintenance, utilities and supplies for public restroom and pier … read more
Trump makes pit stop in Pensacola
Trump makes pit stop in Pensacola
Pensacola Bay Center was packed to the rafters for Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s Wednesday night rally. One particular theme united many of those who turned out to support Trump. “He’s not the establishment,” Ft. Walton Beach resident Dane Brege said. “I’d like to shut down half of Washington DC myself. That city keeps growing … read more
Commissioner admits to possession of old bridge parts
Commissioner admits to possession of old bridge parts
A Santa Rosa Commissioner’s rather large garbage picking treasure is raising questions about government disposition of historic artifacts. Milton resident and frequent commission commenter Jerry Couey challenged District 2 Commissioner Bob Cole about the presence of old county bridge parts on his property at Monday’s Committee meeting. Parts of a bridge that Cole pushed to … read more
Pier Contract tops Monday Commission agenda
Pier Contract tops Monday Commission agenda
Santa Rosa Commissioners will discuss the future of Navarre Beach Pier’s management company at their first Committee meeting of the new year, January 11. Coastal Concessions, Inc. may or may not be thousands in default. As of January 6, the company still owed the County some $7,000 in underreported gate fees & sales; plus $11,000 … read more
Raider building on success
Raider building on success
Grimes Cyrus Grimes, 17, is a junior at Navarre High School and is set to begin his third season with the Raiders’ baseball team. Grimes has been playing the game since he was just a kid, enjoying a successful career from an early age that has continued as he’s matured. His father, Greg Grimes, remembers … read more
Weather complicates search and recovery
Weather complicates search and recovery
Search and rescue efforts for a Crestview man who went swimming on Navarre Beach around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday turned into a recovery effort after it was believed a strong current had pulled him out into the Gulf of Mexico. Anxious family members and friends waited ashore behind Summerwind Condominiums throughout the day as first responders … read more
Rocco’s closing its doors
Rocco’s closing its doors
The Navarre Beach Italian restaurant that has drawn locals in over the past two years has closed their doors due to what one of the co-owners called a poor relationship with the person who holds the lease on the property. However, Ira Mae Bruce, whose Century 21 brokerage manages the property for the leasee, Sylvia … read more
Shooting suspect released
Shooting suspect released
Willie “J.J.” Jenkins, father of 17-year-old Ty Jenkins, who was arrested on multiple felony charges in connection with the Dec. 11 shooting in Navarre, said his son is being released. Assistant State Attorney James Parker has confirmed some charges are being dropped, explaining that the victim unintentionally discharged a firearm, injuring himself. Parker said after an … read more
