Name change struck down by residents

Posted on January 27, 2016 by Deborah Nelson

  • Name change struck down by residents

    Posted: Wednesday, January 27

    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

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Mat Pellegrino

  • Dolphin girls inch by Milton

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    • Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Mat Pellegrino

  • Group raising funds for families of fallen, ruck march

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    • Water board election slated for Tuesday

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Romi White

  • Water board election slated for Tuesday

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Deborah Nelson

  • County approves several south end items

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Deborah Nelson

  • County refuses to rebid pier contract

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Deborah Nelson

  • Trump makes pit stop in Pensacola

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    Posted on January 15, 2016 by Deborah Nelson

  • Commissioner admits to possession of old bridge parts

    Posted: Friday, January 15

    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

    Posted on January 8, 2016 by Deborah Nelsonn

  • Pier Contract tops Monday Commission agenda

    Posted: Friday, January 08

    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